An ichthyosaurian forefin from the lower Cretaceous Zapata formation of southern Chile: Implications for morphological variability within Platypterygius

Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 287-294

  Pardo Pérez, Judith ^a,b   Frey, Eberhard ^b   Stinnesbeck, Wolfgang ^a   Fernández, Marta S ^c   Rivas, Luis ^d   Salazar, Christian ^a   Leppe, Marcelo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^e Depto Cie Inst Antartico Chileno   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Ichthyosaurs; Platypterygius; Torres del Paine; Tyndall Glacier

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REPTILE; SHAPE; SKELETON;

CHILE; MAGALLANES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTH); TORRES DEL PAINE NATIONAL PARK; TYNDALL GLACIER [MAGALLANES];

ICHTHYOSAURIA; PLATYPTERYGIUS;

EID: 84863785493     PISSN: 18671594     EISSN: 18671608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12549-012-0074-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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