Pterosaur assemblages of the Jehol Biota and their implication for the Early Cretaceous pterosaur radiation

Geological Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 405-418

  Wang, Xiaolin ^a   Zhou, Zhonghe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY AND PALEOANTHROPOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Jehol Biota; Lower Cretaceous; Pterosaur; Radiation; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIRD; CRETACEOUS; FEATHER; PTEROSAUR; STRATIGRAPHY; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; BRAZIL; CENTRAL EUROPE; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; GERMANY; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; HEXAPODA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 33749377199     PISSN: 00721050     EISSN: 10991034     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gj.1046     Document Type: Article

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