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Article: New postcranial elements of the Thalassodrominae (Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae) from the Romualdo Formation (Aptian–Albian), Santana Group, Araripe Basin, Brazil

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 2
Publication Date: March 2014
Page(s): 343 – 355
Author(s): <p>Alex S. S. Aires, Alexander W. A. Kellner, Rodrigo T. M&uuml;ller, L&uacute;cio R. Da Silva, Cristian P. Pacheco and S&eacute;rgio Dias-Da-Silva</p>
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AIRES, A. S. S., KELLNER, A. W. A., MÜLLER, R. T., DA SILVA, L. R., PACHECO, C. P., DIAS-DA-SILVA, S. 2014. New postcranial elements of the Thalassodrominae (Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae) from the Romualdo Formation (Aptian–Albian), Santana Group, Araripe Basin, Brazil. Palaeontology, 57, 2, 343–355. doi: 10.1111/pala.12069

Author Information

  • Alex S. S. Aires - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas da Universidade Federal do Pampa, São Gabriel, RS, Brazil (email: asschillera@gmail.com)
  • Alexander W. A. Kellner - Laboratório de Sistemática e Tafonomia de Vertebrados Fósseis, Departamento de Geologia e Paleontologia, Museu Nacional/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil (email: kellner@mn.ufrj.br)
  • Rodrigo T. Müller - Laboratório de Paleobiologia, Universidade Federal do Pampa, São Gabriel, RS, Brazil (email: rodrigotmuller@hotmail.com)
  • Lúcio R. Da Silva - Laboratório de Paleobiologia, Universidade Federal do Pampa, São Gabriel, RS, Brazil (email: lucio_bio@yahoo.com.br)
  • Cristian P. Pacheco - Laboratório de Paleobiologia, Universidade Federal do Pampa, São Gabriel, RS, Brazil (email: crispachecors@yahoo.com.br)
  • Sérgio Dias-Da-Silva - Laboratório de Paleobiologia, Universidade Federal do Pampa, São Gabriel, RS, Brazil (email: sergiosilva@unipampa.edu.br)

Publication History

  • Issue published online: 15 MAR 2014
  • Article first published online: 5 AUG 2013
  • Manuscript Accepted: 8 JUN 2013
  • Manuscript Received: 3 MAR 2013

Funded By

American Museum of Natural History
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Grant Numbers: E-26/111.273/2010, E-26/102.737/2012
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico. Grant Number: 307276/2009-0

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