Rebuttal of Martin-Silverstone et al. 2017, ‘Reassessment of Dawndraco kanzai Kellner 2010 and reassignment of the type specimen to Pteranodon sternbergi Harksen, 1966’

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  • Alexander Kellner

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18435/B54D49

Keywords:

Pteranodon, Dawndraco

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2017-08-11

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Kellner, A. (2017). Rebuttal of Martin-Silverstone et al. 2017, ‘Reassessment of Dawndraco kanzai Kellner 2010 and reassignment of the type specimen to Pteranodon sternbergi Harksen, 1966’. Vertebrate Anatomy Morphology Palaeontology, 3. https://doi.org/10.18435/B54D49