A new mosasaurine from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) phosphates of Morocco and its implications for mosasaurine systematics

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-104

  Leblanc, Aaron R H ^a,c   Caldwell, Michael W ^a   Bardet, Nathalie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; LIZARD; MAASTRICHTIAN; NEW SPECIES; PHOSPHATE; SKULL; TAXONOMY;

MOROCCO;

HETERODONTUS;

EID: 84856346517     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.624145     Document Type: Article

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