Small, immature pterosaurs from the Cretaceous of Africa: implications for taphonomic bias and palaeocommunity structure in flying reptiles

@article{Smith2021SmallIP,
  title={Small, immature pterosaurs from the Cretaceous of Africa: implications for taphonomic bias and palaeocommunity structure in flying reptiles},
  author={Roy E. Smith and Anusuya Chinsamy and David M. Unwin and Nizar Ibrahim and Samir Zouhri and David M. Martill},
  journal={Cretaceous Research},
  year={2021}
}
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