Description of Coloborhynchus spielbergi sp. nov. (Pterodactyloidea) from the Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil

Scripta Geologica

Volumn , Issue 125, 2003, Pages 35-139

  Veldmeijer, André J ^a  

^a NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brazil; Coloborhynchus; Lower Cretaceous; Pterosaur; Santana formation

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; CRETACEOUS;

BRAZIL;

ALBIA; ANIMALIA; PTERODACTYLOIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038348012     PISSN: 03757587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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