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Pterosaurs, a lineage of Mesozoic flying archosaurs, include the largest flying animals ever known. Quetzalcoatlus nortropi a Late Cretaceous representative, had a wingspan of over 10 m and likely weighed more than 200 kg.
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Estimating Ancestral States of Complex Characters: A Case Study on the Evolution of Feathers. [PDF]
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Molecular phyloecology suggests a trophic shift concurrent with the evolution of the first birds. [PDF]
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Convergent evolution of a mobile bony tongue in flighted dinosaurs and pterosaurs. [PDF]
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Bakonyi dinoszauruszok és más hazai mezozóos gerincesek a Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum gyűjteményében – az elmúlt évek világhírű felfedezései [PDF]
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