Cranial osteology of the giant mosasaur plesiotylosaurus (squamata, mosasauridae)

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 448-456

  Lindgren, Johan ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; FOSSIL RECORD; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; OSTEOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY; SHALE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

MOSASAURIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 67649970404     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/08-115.1     Document Type: Article

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