Evidence of pachyostosis in the cryptocleidoid plesiosaur tatenectes laramiensis from the Sundance Formation of Wyoming

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1279-1282

  Street, Hallie P ^a,b   O'Keefe, F Robin ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; PALEONTOLOGY; REPTILE;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 77956023092     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.483543     Document Type: Article

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