The genus Arthropterygius Maxwell (Ichthyosauria: Ophthalmosauridae) in the Late Jurassic of the Neuquén Basin, Argentina

Geobios

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 535-540

  Fernández, Marta S ^a   Maxwell, Erin E ^b,c  

^a CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

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

^c STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argentina; Arthropterygius; Ichthyosauria; Neuqu n Basin; Ophthalmosauridae

Indexed keywords

KIMMERIDGIAN; MORPHOLOGY; OXFORDIAN; RARE SPECIES; REPTILE; SKULL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

ARGENTINA; CANADA; NEUQUEN BASIN; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

ICHTHYOSAURIA; OPHTHALMOSAURIDAE;

EID: 84870675451     PISSN: 00166995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geobios.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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