Lone star pterosaurs

Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Volumn 103, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 383-398

  Andres, Brian ^a   Myers, Timothy S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alamodactylus; phylogeny; Pterosauria; Radiodactylus; Texas

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENY; PTEROSAUR; TAXONOMY;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84885660136     PISSN: 17556910     EISSN: 17556929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1755691013000303     Document Type: Article

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