A new pterosaur from the Jurassic of Cuba

Palaeontology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 919-927

  Gasparini, Zulma ^a   Fernández, Marta ^a   De la Fuente, Marcelo ^a  

^a MUSEO DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cuba; Middle Upper Oxfordian; Pterosauria; Rhamphorhynchidae; Upper Jurassic

Indexed keywords

DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; JURASSIC; NEW SPECIES; PALEOECOLOGY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

GENIPA AMERICANA; PTEROSAURIA; TELEOST FISH;

EID: 3543131340     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00399.x     Document Type: Article

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