A redescription of Aigialosaurus (= Opetiosaurus) Bucchichi (Kornhuber, 1901) (Squamata: Aigialosauridae) with Comments on mosasauroid systematics

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 437-452

  Dutchak, Alex R ^a   Caldwell, Michael W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; IDENTIFICATION KEY; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; PHYLOGENETICS; RECONSTRUCTION; SKULL; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

AIGIALOSAURIDAE; MOSASAUROIDEA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 67651123105     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0206     Document Type: Article

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