Braincase of a polycotylid plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Manitoba, Canada

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 313-329

  Sato, Tamaki ^a,b   Wu, Xiao Chun ^b   Tirabasso, Alex ^b   Bloskie, Paul ^b  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CRETACEOUS; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE; SKULL;

CANADA; MANITOBA;

PLESIOSAURIA; POLYCOTYLIDAE; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA; TURCICA;

EID: 79953005241     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2011.550358     Document Type: Article

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