A new plesiosaur of the family aristonectidae from the early cretaceous of the center of the Russian platform

Paleontological Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 648-660

  Berezin, A Yu ^a  

^a Chuvash Natural Historical Society Terra incognita   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Aristonectidae; Chuvashia; Early Cretaceous; new taxa; plesiosaurs; postcranial skeleton; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 82555185543     PISSN: 00310301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S0031030111060037     Document Type: Article

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