Gargantuavis philoinos: Giant bird or giant pterosaur?

Annales de Paleontologie

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 135-141

  Buffetaut, Eric ^a   Le Loeuff, Jean ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b Muse des dinosaures   (France)

Author keywords

Aves; France; Gargantuavis; Late Cretaceous; Pterosauria

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; CRANIUM; CRETACEOUS; DINOSAUR; PALEONTOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VERTEBRATE;

FRANCE;

AVES; PTEROSAURIA;

EID: 79960564178     PISSN: 07533969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annpal.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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