Osteology and phylogeny of Westphaliasaurus simonsensii: A new plesiosaurid (Sauropterygia) from the Lower Jurassic (Pliensbachian) of Sommersell (Höxter District), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany;Osteologie und Phylogenie von Westphaliasaurus simonsensii: Ein neuer Plesiosauride (Sauropterygia) aus dem Unteren Jura (Pliensbachium) von Sommersell (Kreis Höxter), Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Geologie und Palaeontologie in Westfalen

Volumn , Issue 79, 2011, Pages 1-62

  Schwermann, Leonie ^a   Sander, P Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; OSTEOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLIENSBACHIAN; REPTILE; SKELETON; TAXONOMY;

ENGLAND; GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM;

PLESIOSAURIDAE; PLESIOSAURUS; SAUROPTERYGIA;

EID: 79957438626     PISSN: 0176148X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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