A possible azhdarchid pterosaur from the Crato Formation (Early Cretaceous, Aptian) of northeast Brazil

Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences

Volumn 78, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 315-318

  Martill, David M ^a   Frey, Eberhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Azhdarchidae; Brazil; Lower Cretaceous; Pterosauria

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; CRETACEOUS; MORPHOLOGY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0033501775     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003843115145     Document Type: Article

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