Remains of a late Cretaceous pterosaur from the Molecap Greensand of Western Australia

Alcheringa

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 273-279

  Kear, Benjamin P ^a   Deacon, Geoff L ^b   Siverson, Mikael ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Cenomanian Coniacian; Gondwana; High latitude; Molecap Greensand; Ornithocheiridae

Indexed keywords

CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; DENTITION; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GONDWANA; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEONTOLOGY; PTEROSAUR; SKELETAL REMAINS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CONIACIAN; PTERODACTYLOIDEA;

EID: 77955645480     PISSN: 03115518     EISSN: 17520754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03115511003661651     Document Type: Article

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