A large pterodactyloid from the Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic) of Garden Park, Colorado

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 8, 1996, Pages 473-484

  Harris, Jerald D ^a,b,c   Carpenter, Kenneth ^a,b  

^a Department of Earth Sciences ^*

^b Denver Museum Natural History   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PTERODACTYLOIDEA; PTERODACTYLUS; STEGOSAURUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0004218152     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/1996/1996/473     Document Type: Article

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