New pterosaurian remains from the late cretaceous (santonian) of hungary (iharkút, csehbánya formation)

Cretaceous Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 456-463

  Osi, Attila ^a   Buffetaut, Eric ^b   Prondvai, Edina ^c  

^a Institute and Museum of Military History Budapest   (Hungary)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Azhdarchidae; Hungary; Ihark t; Postcranial remains; Pterosauria; Rostrum

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; FOSSIL RECORD; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; NEW RECORD; PTEROSAUR; SANTONIAN; SKELETAL REMAINS; TAXONOMY; TYPE LOCALITY;

HUNGARY;

AZHDARCHIDAE; PTEROSAURIA; QUETZALCOATLUS; TAPEJARA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79956346700     PISSN: 01956671     EISSN: 1095998X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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