A pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Lapurr sandstone, West Turkana, Kenya

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 309-315

  O'Connor, Patrick M ^a,b   Sertich, Joseph J W ^c   Manthi, Fredrick K ^d  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Kenya; Late cretaceous; Pterodactyloidea; Pterosauria

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CERVICAL SPINE; CLASSIFICATION; DINOSAUR; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; KENYA; TAIL;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DINOSAURS; FOSSILS; KENYA; TAIL;

AZHDARCHIDAE; PTERODACTYLOIDEA; PTEROSAURIA;

EID: 79953209724     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 16782690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652011000100019     Document Type: Article

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