A survey of pterosaurs from the jurassic and cretaceous of the former soviet union and mongolia

Historical Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 197-245

  Unwin, David M ^b  

^a PALEONTOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; functional morphology; Jurassic; Mongolia; palaeoecology; pterosaur; Soviet Union

Indexed keywords

AZHDARCHO; BATRACHOGNATHUS; CRETACEOUS; JURASSIC; PTEROSAUR; SORDES;

KAZAKHSTAN; MONGOLIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UZBEKISTAN;

EID: 0029535228     PISSN: 08912963     EISSN: 10292381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10292389509380522     Document Type: Article

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