Postcranial anatomy of platypterygius americanus (Reptilia: Ichthyosauria) from the Cretaceous of Wyoming

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1059-1068

  Maxwell, Erin E ^a   Kear, Benjamin P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CRETACEOUS; REPTILE; TAXONOMY;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ICHTHYOSAURIA; PLATYPTERYGIUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 77956016093     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.483546     Document Type: Article

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