Giant pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of the Isle of Wight, UK

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Monatshefte

Volumn , Issue 11, 1996, Pages 672-683

  Martill, David M ^a   Frey, Eberhard ^b   Green, Michael ^c   Green, Malcolm E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PTERANODON; QUETZALCOATLUS;

EID: 0142145024     PISSN: 00283630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/njgpm/1996/1996/672     Document Type: Article

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