Nurhachius luei, a new istiodactylid pterosaur (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province (China) and comments on the Istiodactylidae. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Zhou X, Pêgas RV, Leal MEC, Bonde N.
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A new small-bodied azhdarchoid pterosaur from the lower cretaceous of England and its implications for pterosaur anatomy, diversity and phylogeny. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2013 BACKGROUND: Pterosaurs have been known from the Cretaceous sediments of the Isle of Wight (southern England, United Kingdom) since 1870. We describe the three-dimensional pelvic girdle and associated vertebrae of a small near-adult pterodactyloid from ...
Naish D, Simpson M, Dyke G.
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Were early pterosaurs inept terrestrial locomotors? [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Pterodactyloid pterosaurs are widely interpreted as terrestrially competent, erect-limbed quadrupeds, but the terrestrial capabilities of non-pterodactyloids are largely thought to have been poor.
Witton MP.
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Life history of Rhamphorhynchus inferred from bone histology and the diversity of pterosaurian growth strategies. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2012 .. ontogeny supports the non-volant nature of its hatchlings, and refutes the widely accepted ‘superprecocial hatchling’ hypothesis. We suggest the onset of powered flight, and not of reproduction as the cause of the transition from the fast growth phase
Prondvai E, Stein K, Osi A, Sander MP.
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Mosaic evolution in an asymmetrically feathered troodontid dinosaur with transitional features. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2017 Asymmetrical feathers have been associated with flight capability but are also found in species that do not fly, and their appearance was a major event in feather evolution.
Xu X +7 more
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Pterodactylus scolopaciceps Meyer, 1860 (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Upper Jurassic of Bavaria, Germany: the problem of cryptic pterosaur taxa in early ontogeny. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2014 The taxonomy of the Late Jurassic pterodactyloid pterosaur Pterodactylus scolopaciceps Meyer, 1860 from the Solnhofen Limestone Formation of Bavaria, Germany is reviewed. Its nomenclatural history is long and complex, having been synonymised with both P.
Vidovic SU, Martill DM.
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THE PRESENCE OF AN ORBITOANTORBITAL FENESTRA: FURTHER EVIDENCE OF THE ANUROGNATHID PECULIARITY WITHIN THE PTEROSAURIA [PDF]
, 2022 The anurognathids are peculiar pterosaurs characterized by broad skulls with very short rostra and broadly arched jaws. The presence of distinct or confluent external naris and antorbital fenestra in these pterosaurs has been debated in the last years ...
DALLA VECCHIA, FABIO MARCO
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, 2017 Ninety years have passed since Roy Chapman Andrews returned from his exploration of Mongolia with tales of fossilized dinosaur eggs (1). Fossils interpreted as dinosaur eggs had been described before, but Chapman's crew had found fossils that could only ...
Deeming, Charles
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A revision of the anatomy of the Triassic Pterosaur Austriadraco Dallavecchiai Kellner, 2015 and of its diagnosis [PDF]
, 2021 Several skeletal elements preserved in the holotype and only specimen of the pterosaur Austriadraco dallavecchiai Kellner, 2015 (uppermost Triassic, Austria) have not been identified or have remained undescribed in previous works.
Dalla Vecchia, Fabio
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New postcranial remains from the Lealt Shale Formation of the Isle of Skye, Scotland, showcase hidden pterosaur diversity in the Middle Jurassic [PDF]
, 2023 The transition between Early to Middle Jurassic was significant in pterosaur evolution, when these volant reptiles exploded in diversity alongside dinosaurs and other animals.
Brusatte, Stephen L. +6 more
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