A late Jurassic pterosaur (Reptilia, Pterodactyloidea) from northwestern Patagonia, Argentina

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 383-389

  Codorniú, Laura ^a   Gasparini, Zulma ^b   Paulina Carabajal, Ariana ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Museo Carmen Funes   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Middle late Tithonian; Neuqu n Basin; Pterodactyloidea; Pterosauria

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; ONTOGENY; SKELETAL REMAINS; TITHONIAN;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

PTERODACTYLOIDEA; PTEROSAURIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 33645942744     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsames.2005.07.014     Document Type: Article

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