The first pterosaur from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) Lagerstätten of Lebanon

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 219-225

  Dalla Vecchia, Fabio M ^a   Arduini, Paolo ^b   Kellner, Alexander W A ^c  

^a Museo Paleontologico Cittadino   (Italy)

^b Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano   (Italy)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

African Arabian plate; Cenomanian; Lebanon; Pterosaurs

Indexed keywords

CENOMANIAN; CRETACEOUS; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MORPHOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY;

HAQEL; JABAL LUBNAN; LEBANON;

ICHTHYOFAUNA; PTERANODONTOIDEA; PTEROSAURIA;

EID: 0035009385     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cres.2001.0251     Document Type: Article

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