Late Cretaceous pterosaurs from France: A review

Zitteliana Reihe B: Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung fur Palaontologie und Geologie

Volumn , Issue 28, 2008, Pages 249-255

  Buffetaut, Eric ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Mesozoic; Pterosaurs; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

BONE; CAMPANIAN; CRETACEOUS; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; MAASTRICHTIAN; REPTILE; SANTONIAN; STRATIGRAPHY; TOOTH; TURONIAN;

CHARENTE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PARIS BASIN; POITOU-CHARENTES; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; AZHDARCHIDAE; CHELONIIDAE; CONIACIAN;

EID: 61849136739     PISSN: 16124138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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