Large freshwater plesiosaurian from the Cretaceous (Aptian) of Australia

Alcheringa

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 456-461

  Benson, Roger B J ^a   Fitzgerald, Erich M G ^b   Rich, Thomas H ^b,c   Vickers Rich, Patricia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Eumeralla Formation; freshwater plesiosaurs; Plesiosauria; Victoria

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; REPTILE; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

CETACEA; PLESIOSAURIA;

EID: 84889599031     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2013.772825     Document Type: Article

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