Phylogenetic relationships of Upper Jurassic (Middle Volgian) plesiosaurians (Reptilia: Sauropterygia) from the Agardhfjellet Formation of central Spitsbergen, Norway

Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 277-284

  Druckenmiller, Patrick S ^a   Knutsen, Espen M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c Haoma Mining NL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; JURASSIC; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; REPTILE; TAXONOMY;

NORWAY;

ELASMOSAURIDAE; ICHTHYOSAURIA; PLESIOSAURIA; REPTILIA; SAUROPTERYGIA;

EID: 84867671237     PISSN: 0029196X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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