Pterosaur tracks from the purbeck limestone formation of dorset, England

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-48

  Wright, J L ^a,b,c   Unwin, D M ^a,b,c   Lockley, M G ^a,b,c   Rainforth, E C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0001794905     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(97)80004-1     Document Type: Article

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