The earliest pterodactyloid and the origin of the group.

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• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Current Biology

• Publication date

  2014-05-05

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Geology

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  DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.030PMID 24768054
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