Earliest occurrence of the pteranodontidae (Archosauria: Pterosauria) in North America: New material from the Austin group of Texas

Journal of Paleontology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1071-1081

  Myers, Timothy S ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diversity; Late Cretaceous; Pterosauria

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL RECORD; PALEONTOLOGY; REPTILE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

AUSTIN; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ARCHOSAURIA; CONIACIAN; PTERANODON; PTERANODONTIDAE; PTEROSAURIA;

EID: 78149392984     PISSN: 00223360     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/09-082.1     Document Type: Article

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