An istiodactylid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Nanaimo Group, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-69

  Arbour, Victoria M ^a   Currie, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; EAST COAST; GEOGRAPHIC RANGES; UPPER CRETACEOUS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CARBONATE MINERALS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; PTEROSAUR; TOOTH;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; HORNBY ISLAND;

CHONDRICHTHYES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 78951483615     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: 14803313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E10-083     Document Type: Article

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