A new species of tapejarid pterosaur with soft-tissue head crest

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 217, Issue , 2003, Pages 65-72

  Frey, Eberhard ^a   Martill, David M ^b   Buchy, Marie Céline ^c  

^a Staatliches Mus Naturkunde Karlsruh   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PTEROSAUR; SOFT TISSUE PRESERVATION;

PTERODACTYLOIDEA; PTEROSAURIA; TAPEJARIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347912016     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.217.01.06     Document Type: Article

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