A new species of Istiodactylus (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Liaoning, China

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-78

  Andres, Brian ^a   Qiang, Ji ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; NEW SPECIES; PTEROSAUR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING;

ISTIODACTYLUS; LATIDENS; PTERODACTYLOIDEA; PTEROSAURIA;

EID: 33646436464     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[70:ANSOIP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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