The systematic problem of tetrapod ichnotaxa: The case study of Pteraichnus Stokes, 1957 (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 217, Issue , 2003, Pages 315-324

  Billon Bruyat, Jean Paul ^a   Mazin, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; FOOTPRINT; ICHNOLOGY; PTEROSAUR; TAXONOMY; TETRAPOD;

PTERODACTYLOIDEA; PTEROSAURIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 0347911989     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.217.01.19     Document Type: Article

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