Histovariability in bones of two pterodactyloid pterosaurs from the Santana Formation, Araripe Basin, Brazil: Preliminary results

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 217, Issue , 2003, Pages 335-342

  Sayao, Juliana M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; HISTOLOGY; PTEROSAUR; THIN SECTION;

ARARIPE BASIN; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; PTERODACTYLOIDEA; PTEROSAURIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345767018     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.217.01.21     Document Type: Article

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