New morphological observations on Triassic pterosaurs

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 217, Issue , 2003, Pages 23-44

  Dalla Vecchia, Fabio M ^a  

^a Mus Paleontologico Cittadino of Mon   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; DENTITION; MORPHOLOGY; PTEROSAUR; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

PTEROSAURIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346020474     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.217.01.03     Document Type: Article

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