A long-necked pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea, Azhdarchidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Valencia, Spain

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 78, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 319-333

  Company, Julio ^a,b   Ruiz Omeñaca, José Ignacio ^c   Suberbiola, Xabier Pereda ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Azhdarchidae; Iberian peninsula; Maastrichtian; Pterosauria

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MAASTRICHTIAN;

SPAIN;

EID: 0033494667     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003851316054     Document Type: Article

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