The detailed anatomy of Rhamphorhynchus: Axial pneumaticity and its implications

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 217, Issue , 2003, Pages 217-232

  Bonde, Niels ^a   Christiansen, Per ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PTEROSAUR;

AVES; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); DINOSAURIA; PTEROSAURIA; REPTILIA; SAURISCHIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0345767039     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.217.01.13     Document Type: Article

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