On the occurrence of a giant flying reptile (pterosauria) in the terminal late cretaceous of the Lower Volga Region

Paleontological Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 669-671

  Averianov, A O ^a   Yarkov, A A ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b Volzhsk Humanitarian Institute   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Campanian; Late cretaceous; Ornithocheiridae; Pterosauria; Russia; Volgograd Region

Indexed keywords

PTEROSAURIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 12444264877     PISSN: 00310301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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