On pterodactyloid diversity in the British Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) and a reappraisal of "Palaeornis" cliftii Mantell, 1844

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 676-686

  Witton, Mark P ^a   Martill, David M ^a   Green, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Coastguard cottages ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Azhdarchoidea; Hastings Beds; Lonchodectidae; Lower Cretaceous; Palaeornis cliftii; Wessex Formation

Indexed keywords

BARREMIAN; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; LIZARD; SKELETAL REMAINS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISLE OF WIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM; WESSEX; WESTERN EUROPE;

AZHDARCHIDAE; PTERODACTYLOIDEA;

EID: 64149103137     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2008.12.004     Document Type: Article

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