Campanian and Maastrichtian mosasaurs from Antarctic Peninsula and Patagonia Argentina

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 93-102

  Fernández, Marta S ^a   Gasparini, Zulma ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antarctic peninsula; Campanian; Maastrichtian; Mosasaurs; Patagonia

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CAMPANIAN; MAASTRICHTIAN; REPTILE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; ARGENTINA; JAMES ROSS ISLAND; NEUQUEN BASIN; PATAGONIA; SEYMOUR ISLAND; VEGA ISLAND; WEST ANTARCTICA;

MOSASAURUS; MOSASAURUS HOFFMANNI; PLIOPLATECARPUS;

EID: 84861802574     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.183.2.93     Document Type: Article

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