New isolated pterodactyloid bones from the Albian Toolebuc Formation (western Queensland, Australia) with comments on the Australian pterosaur fauna

Alcheringa

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 219-230

  Kellner, Alexander W A ^a   Rich, Thomas H ^b   Costa, Fabiana R ^a   Vickers Rich, Patricia ^c   Kear, Benjamin P ^d,e   Walters, Mary ^c   Kool, Lesley ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anhangueridae; Australia; Biogeography; Cretaceous; Pterodactyloidea; Pterosauria; Toolebuc Formation; Tooth marks

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; BONE; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; FOSSILIZATION; PTEROSAUR; TOOTH; VERTEBRATE;

AUSTRALIA;

PTERODACTYLOIDEA; PTEROSAURIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 77955625870     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115511003656552     Document Type: Article

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