The North African Mosasaur Globidens phosphaticus from the Maastrichtian of Angola

Historical Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 175-185

  Polcyn, Michael J ^a   Jacobs, Louis L ^a   Schulp, Anne S ^b   Mateus, Octávio ^c,d  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATUURHISTORISCH MUSEUM MAASTRICHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d Grupo de Etnologia e Arqueologia da Lourinha   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Angola; Biogeography; Durophagous; Globidens; Mosasaur

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; FOSSIL RECORD; LIZARD; MAASTRICHTIAN; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

ANGOLA;

EID: 77953094430     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08912961003754978     Document Type: Article

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