A juvenile plesiosaur specimen from the Lower Jurassic of Holzmaden, Germany

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A: Palaozoologie - Stratigraphie

Volumn 291, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 45-61

  Vincent, Peggy ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Germany; Jurassic; Juvenile; Ontogenetic development; Plesiosauria; Sauropterygia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957458497     PISSN: 03750442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1127/pala/291/2010/45     Document Type: Article

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