A new species of polycotylid plesiosaur (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Lower Turonian of Utah: Extending the stratigraphic range of Dolichorhynchops

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 184-199

  Schmeisser McKean, Rebecca ^a  

^a ST NORBERT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dolichorhynchops; Plesiosaur; Polycotylid; Tropic; Utah

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CENOMANIAN-TURONIAN BOUNDARY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; REPTILE; SKELETON; TURONIAN;

UNITED STATES; UTAH;

AMMONOIDEA; POLYCOTYLIDAE; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA; TRINACROMERUM;

EID: 84855347445     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2011.10.017     Document Type: Article

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