The first Italian specimen of Austriadactylus cristatus (Diapsida, Pterosauria) from the norian (Upper Triassic) of the Carnic prealps

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 291-304

  Dalla Vecchia, Fabio Marco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Museo Friulano di Storia Naturale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Austriadactylus cristatus; Dolomia di Forni; Italy; Nor ian; Pterosauria; Triassic

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CRANIUM; DENTITION; FOSSIL RECORD; MORPHOLOGY; MOUNTAIN REGION; NORIAN; PHYLOGENY; PTEROSAUR; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

ALPS; CARNIC ALPS; EASTERN ALPS; ITALY;

AUSTRIADACTYLUS; EUDIMORPHODON; PREONDACTYLUS; PTEROSAURIA; SAURIA;

EID: 76649107363     PISSN: 00356883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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