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Volume 27, 2015 - Issue 6: RIO PTEROSAUR
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Short note on an anurognathid pterosaur with a long tail from the Upper Jurassic of China

Shunxing JiangKey Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 643, Beijing100044, P.R. China;College of Earth Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, P.R. ChinaView further author information
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Xiaolin WangKey Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 643, Beijing100044, P.R. ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Xin ChengKey Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 643, Beijing100044, P.R. China;College of Earth Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing100049, P.R. ChinaView further author information
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Fabiana Rodrigues CostaLaboratory of Systematics and Taphonomy of Fossil Vertebrates, Department of Geology and Paleontology, Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro - RJ20940-040, BrazilView further author information
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Jiandong HuangAnhui Geological Museum, Hefei230031, P.R. ChinaView further author information
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Alexander W.A. KellnerLaboratory of Systematics and Taphonomy of Fossil Vertebrates, Department of Geology and Paleontology, Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista s/n, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro - RJ20940-040, BrazilView further author information
Pages 718-722 | Received 08 Jul 2014, Accepted 11 Aug 2014, Published online: 10 Sep 2014

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