A new chinese anurognathid pterosaur and the evolution of pterosaurian tail lengths

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1317-1325

  Lü, Junchang ^a   Hone, David W E ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Anurognathid; Dendrorhynchoides mutoudengensis; Pterodactyloids; Pterosauria; Rhamphothynchoids; Tail evolution

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; DENTITION; EVOLUTION; JURASSIC; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; NOMENCLATURE; OSTEOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PTEROSAUR; SKELETON; TYPE SPECIMEN; WING;

CHINA; GUIZHOU; QINGLONG;

ANUROGNATHIDAE; DENDRORHYNCHOIDES; PTERODACTYLOIDEA; PTEROSAURIA;

EID: 84873629542     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-6724.12002     Document Type: Article

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