Anatomy and systematics of the pterosaur carniadactylus gen. n. rosenfeldi (dalla vecchia, 1995)

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-188

  Dalla Vecchia, Fabio M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Museo Friulano di Storia Naturale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Campylognathoididae; Carnia dactylus Rosenfeldi; Eudimorphodon; Late triassic; Triassic Pterosaurs

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CONSPECIFIC; FOSSIL RECORD; NEW GENUS; PTEROSAUR; TAXONOMY; TRIASSIC;

DACTYLUS; EUDIMORPHODON; EUDIMORPHODON RANZII; EUDIMORPHODON ROSENFELDI; PTERODACTYLOIDEA;

EID: 70350164699     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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