New material of Mesadactylus ornithosphyos, a primitive pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Upper Jurassic of Colorado

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 850-856

  Smith, David K ^a   Stadtman, Kenneth L ^a   Sanders, R Kent ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL; JURASSIC; PTEROSAUR;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; DINOSAURIA; GALLIFORMES; PTERODACTYLOIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11144302569     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: 19372809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2004)024[0850:NMOMOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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