A new pterosaur from the Liaoning Province of china, the phylogeny of the Pterodactyloidea, and convergence in their cervical vertebrae

Palaeontology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 453-469

  Andres, Brian ^a   Qiang, Ji ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Azhdarchidae; Cervical vertebrae; Convergence; Ctenochasmatidae; Elanodactylus prolatus; Phylogeny; Pterodactyloidea

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PTEROSAUR; TAXONOMY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIAONING;

AZHDARCHIDAE; PTERODACTYLOIDEA;

EID: 41049083128     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00761.x     Document Type: Article

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