The aerodynamics of the British Late Triassic Kuehneosauridae

Palaeontology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 967-981

  Stein, Koen ^a,b   Palmer, Colin ^b   Gill, Pamela G ^b   Benton, Michael J ^b  

^a Institut fur Palaontologie   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerodynamics; Diapsida; Gliding; Kuehneosauridae; Late Triassic

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; GLIDING; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; REPTILE; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

DIMORPHA; DRACO; KUEHNEOSAURIDAE; SAURIA;

EID: 47949104954     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2008.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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