A new species of the durophagous mosasaur Carinodens (Squamata, Mosasauridae) and additional material of Carinodens belgicus from the Maastrichtian phosphates of Morocco

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 161-167

  Schulp, A S ^a,b   Bardet, N ^c   Bouya, B ^d  

^a NATUURHISTORISCH MUSEUM MAASTRICHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d Centre Minier de Khouribga   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Carinodens; Late cretaceous; Maastrichtian; Morocco; Mosasauridae

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; MAASTRICHTIAN; NEW SPECIES; PALEOBIOLOGY; TOOTH;

MOROCCO;

MOSASAURIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77950304178     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016774600000871     Document Type: Article

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