Comparison of gastroliths within plesiosaurs (Elasmosauridae) from the Late Cretaceous marine deposits of Vega Island, Antarctic Peninsula, and the Missouri River area, South Dakota

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 427, Issue , 2007, Pages 147-153

  Thompson, Wayne A ^a   Martin, James E ^a   Reguero, Marcello ^b  

^a South Dakota School of Mines Technology   (United States)

^b Division Paleontologia de Vertebrados   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Buoyancy; Gastroliths; Plesiosaurs

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; DEPOSITS; SHALE;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; GASTROLITHS; ISLAND FORMATION; LATE CRETACEOUS; MARINE DEPOSITS; NEUTRAL BUOYANCY; PLESIOSAURS;

RECOVERY;

BUOYANCY; CRETACEOUS; DIGESTION; MASS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPTILE; SHALE; SIZE; WEIGHT;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; MISSOURI RIVER; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; VEGA ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ELASMOSAURIDAE;

EID: 75449088662     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2427(10)     Document Type: Article

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