Pterosaurs of the Crato Formation

The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 475-524

  Unwin, David M ^a   Martill, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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