Short Note on the First Occurrence of Tapejaridae in the Crato Member (Aptian), Santana Formation, Araripe Basin, Northeast Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-87

  De Campos, Diogenes A ^a   Kellner, Alexander W A ^a  

^a Museu de Ciencias da Terra   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cretaceous; Pterosauria; Systematics; Tapejaridae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001165372     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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