A reappraisal of Arambourgiania (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea): One of the world's largest flying animals

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 221-247

  Frey, Eberhard ^a   Martill, David M ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEONTOLOGY; PTEROSAUR; TYPE LOCALITY; WING;

JORDAN; RUSAYFAH; ZARQA;

EID: 0001340656     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/199/1996/221     Document Type: Article

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