A new scaphognathine pterosaur from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming, USA

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 217, Issue , 2003, Pages 45-54

  Carpenter, Kenneth ^a   Unwin, David ^b   Cloward, Karen ^c   Miles, Clifford ^c   Miles, Clark ^c  

^a Denver Museum Natural History   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Western Paleontological Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PTEROSAUR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

PTERODACTYLOIDEA; PTEROSAURIA; RHAMPHORHYNCHOIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346651477     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.217.01.04     Document Type: Article

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