A new species of the durophagous mosasaur Globidens (Squamata: Mosasauridae) from the Late Cretaceous Pierre Shale Group of central South Dakota, USA

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 427, Issue , 2007, Pages 177-198

  Martin, James E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Durophagous; Globidens; Mosasaur; South Dakota

Indexed keywords

BONE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

CRETACEOUS; DUROPHAGOUS; GLOBIDENS; MOSASAUR; SOUTH DAKOTAS;

SHALE;

CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; NEW SPECIES; REPTILE; RIVER; SHALE; SHARK; SKELETON; SKULL;

AFRICA; EUROPE; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

BIVALVIA; CHONDRICHTHYES; MOSASAURIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 75749157457     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2427(13)     Document Type: Article

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