Albertonectes vanderveldei, a new elasmosaur (Reptilia, Sauropterygia) from the Upper Cretaceous of Alberta

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 557-572

  Kubo, Tai ^a   Mitchell, Mark T ^b   Henderson, Donald M ^b  

^a Katsuyama   (Japan)

^b ROYAL TYRRELL MUSEUM OF PALAEONTOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW TAXON; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE; SHAPE ANALYSIS; SKELETON;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOSAURIDAE; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA; SQUALICORAX;

EID: 84861060454     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2012.658124     Document Type: Article

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