Samrukia nessovi, from the Late Cretaceous of Kazakhstan: A large pterosaur, not a giant bird

Annales de Paleontologie

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 133-138

  Buffetaut, Eric ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Aves; Kazakhstan; Late Cretaceous; Pterosauria; Samrukia

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLADISTICS; CRETACEOUS; PTEROSAUR; TAXONOMY;

KAZAKHSTAN;

AVES; PTEROSAURIA;

EID: 83055186480     PISSN: 07533969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annpal.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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