Early juvenile pterosaurs (Pterodactyloidea: Pterodaustro guinazui) from the Lower Cretaceous of central Argentina

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-18

  Codorniú, Laura ^a   Chiappe, Luis M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^b Nat Hist Mus Los Angeles County ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BONE; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EPIPHYSEAL OSSIFICATION; PTEROSAURS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; REPTILE;

ARGENTINA; SAN LUIS; SIERRA DE LAS QUIJADAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1842711787     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e03-080     Document Type: Article

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