A new pterosaur (pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchidae) from the upper cretaceous of morocco

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Ibrahim, Nizar ^a   Unwin, David M ^b   Martill, David M ^c   Baidder, Lahssen ^d   Zouhri, Samir ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d HASSAN II UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANQA SAHARICA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CLADISTICS; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL ANIMAL; MOROCCO; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NEW SPECIES; NONHUMAN; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; UPPER CRETACEOUS; ANIMAL; FOSSIL; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MANDIBLE; TIME;

AZHDARCHIDAE; PTERANODONTIDAE; PTERODACTYLOIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; GEOGRAPHY; GEOLOGY; MANDIBLE; MOROCCO; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956282191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010875     Document Type: Article

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