Triassic ichthyopterygian assemblages of the Svalbard archipelago: A reassessment of taxonomy and distribution

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Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-94

  Maxwell, Erin E ^a   Kear, Benjamin P ^b  

^a PALÄONTOLOGISCHES INSTITUT UND MUSEUM   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Botneheia Formation; Grippia; Ichthyosauria; Svalbard; Tschermakfjellet Formation; Vikingh gda Formation

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FOSSIL RECORD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; REPTILE; SAMPLING BIAS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

AMNIOTA; ANISIA; GRIPPIA; ICHTHYOPTERYGIA; ICHTHYOSAURIA;

EID: 84880006222     PISSN: 11035897     EISSN: 20000863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11035897.2012.759145     Document Type: Article

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