The snout of Halisaurus platyspondylus MARSH 1869: Phylogenetic and functional implications

Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 137-143

  Polcyn, Michael J ^a   Lamb, James ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Halisaurinae; Halisaurus platyspondylus

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; CRETACEOUS; LIZARD; MAASTRICHTIAN; PHYLOGENETICS; SKULL;

GLOUCESTER COUNTY [NEW JERSEY]; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

HALISAURUS PLATYSPONDYLUS; MOSASAURIDAE;

EID: 84861838312     PISSN: 00379409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gssgfbull.183.2.137     Document Type: Article

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