Description of new specimens of Halisaurus arambourgi BARDET & PEREDA SOBERBIOLA, 2005 and the relationships of halisaurinae

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-136

  Polcyn, Michael J ^a   Lindgren, Johan ^b   Bardet, Nathalie ^c   Cornelissen, Dirk ^d   Verding, Louis ^d   Schulp, Anne S ^d  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d NATUURHISTORISCH MUSEUM MAASTRICHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Halisaurinae; Halisaurus arambourgi; Morocco

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; CRETACEOUS; LIZARD; MAASTRICHTIAN; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

CALIFORNIA; MOROCCO; UNITED STATES;

HALISAURUS; HALISAURUS PLATYSPONDYLUS; MOSASAURIDAE;

EID: 84861834974     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.183.2.123     Document Type: Article

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