First pterosaur remains from the Exu Formation (Cretaceous) of the Araripe Basin, Brazil

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

Volumn , Issue 28, 2008, Pages 243-248

  Martill, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cretaceous; Exu formation; Pterosauria

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL; REPTILE;

ARARIPE BASIN; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

PTEROSAURIA;

EID: 61849168990     PISSN: 16124138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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