New material of the mosasaur Plioplatecarpus Nichollsae Cuthbertson et al., 2007, Clarifies problematic features of the holotype specimen

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 417-436

  Konishi, Takuya ^a   Caldwell, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CAMPANIAN; CRANIUM; IDENTIFICATION KEY; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

NORTH AMERICA;

MOSASAURIDAE; PLIOPLATECARPUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 67651094101     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0225     Document Type: Article

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