Zarafasaura oceanis, a new elasmosaurid (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Maastrichtian Phosphates of Morocco and the palaeobiogeography of latest Cretaceous plesiosaurs

Gondwana Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1062-1073

  Vincent, Peggy ^a   Bardet, Nathalie ^a   Pereda Suberbiola, Xabier ^b   Bouya, Baâdi ^c   Amaghzaz, Mbarek ^c   Meslouh, Saïd ^d  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c Centre Minier de Khouribga   (Morocco)

^d De l'Eau et de l'Environnement   (Morocco)

Author keywords

K T crisis; Maastrichtian; Morocco; Palaeobiogeography; Phosphates; Plesiosauria

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; ENDEMISM; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE;

MOROCCO;

EID: 79954632977     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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