Cranial remains ofQuetzalcoatlus(Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from Late Cretaceous sediments of Big Bend National Park, Texas

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 222-231

  Kellner, Alexander W A ^a   Langston, Wann ^b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZHDARCHIDAE; PECOS; PTEROSAURIA; QUETZALCOATLUS; TAPEJARIDAE;

EID: 0030306134     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724634.1996.10011310     Document Type: Article

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