A new partial skeleton of a cryptocleidoid plesiosaur from the upper Jurassic Sundance formation of Wyoming

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1736-1742

  Wilhelm, Benjamin C ^a   O'Keefe, F Robin ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REPTILE; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

BIGHORN BASIN; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

EID: 78651341947     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2010.521217     Document Type: Article

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