A new skeleton of the cryptoclidid plesiosaur Tatenectes laramiensis reveals a novel body shape among plesiosaurs

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 330-339

  O'Keefe, F Robin ^a   Street, Hallie P ^a   Wilhelm, Benjamin C ^a   Richards, Courtney D ^a   Zhu, Helen ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; CLADISTICS; FOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; REPTILE; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

BIGHORN BASIN; ENGLAND; OXFORD; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

CRYPTOCLIDIDAE;

EID: 79953004239     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2011.550365     Document Type: Article

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