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Earliest Filter-Feeding Pterosaur From the Jurassic of China and Ecological Evolution of Pterodactyloidea [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science, 2017
Pterosaurs were a unique clade of flying reptiles that were contemporaries of dinosaurs in Mesozoic ecosystems. The Pterodactyloidea as the most species-diverse group of pterosaurs dominated the sky during Cretaceous time, but earlier phases of their ...
Chang-Fu Zhou, Keqin Gao, Jinzhuang Xue
exaly   +5 more sources

A Basal Tapejarine (Pterosauria; Pterodactyloidea; Tapejaridae) from the Crato Formation, Early Cretaceous of Brazil. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
A three-dimensional and almost complete pterosaur mandible from the Crato Formation (Early Cretaceous of Northeastern Brazil), Araripe Basin, is described as a new species of a tapejarine tapejarid.
Rodrigo Vargas Pêgas, Maria Eduarda de Castro Leal, Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner   +2 more
doaj   +5 more sources

A new gnathosaurine (Pterosauria, Archaeopterodactyloidea) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal [PDF]

PeerJ, 2023
An incomplete, yet remarkably-sized dentated rostrum and associated partial cervical vertebrae of a pterosaur (ML 2554) were recently discovered from the Late Jurassic (Late Kimmeridgian-Early Tithonian) Lourinhã Formation of Praia do Caniçal, of central
Alexandra E. Fernandes, Victor Beccari, Alexander W. A. Kellner, Octávio Mateus   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Sinomacrops bondei, a new anurognathid pterosaur from the Jurassic of China and comments on the group [PDF]

PeerJ, 2021
Anurognathids are an elusive group of diminutive, potentially arboreal pterosaurs. Even though their monophyly has been well-supported, their intrarelationships have been obscure, and their phylogenetic placement even more.
Xuefang Wei, Rodrigo Vargas Pêgas, Caizhi Shen, Yanfang Guo, Waisum Ma, Deyu Sun, Xuanyu Zhou   +6 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Allometric patterns in Rhamphorhynchus muensteri and their role in the paleoecology, life habits, and taxonomic framework of pterosaurs [PDF]

Journal of Anatomy, Volume 249, Issue 5, Page 1005-1020, November 2026.
The Graphical Abstract ilustrates the different allometric pattern within different Pterosauria groups, highlighting how the allometry influences the flight and habits of Pterosauria. Abstract Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to achieve powered flight, a result of various unique anatomical adaptations, and significant morphological diversity ...
Gabriela Menezes Cerqueira, João Lucas Da Silva, Ingmar Werneburg, Mario Bronzati, Alex Sandro Schiller Aires, Felipe L. Pinheiro, Rodrigo Temp Müller   +6 more
wiley   +2 more sources

The origin and evolution of air sacs in pterosaurs and their forerunners [PDF]

Journal of Anatomy, Volume 248, Issue 1, Page 94-107, January 2026.
Pneumatized pterosauromorph vertebrae and their phylogenetic context. Abstract Although the existence of postcranial pneumaticity and the inferred presence of air sacs connected to the lungs are well established in Pterosauria, the origin of this system in pterosaurs remains unclear. We investigated skeletal pneumaticity in the Triassic pterosauromorph
Tito Aureliano, Rodrigo T. Müller, Borja Holgado, Leonardo Kerber, Aline M. Ghilardi   +4 more
wiley   +2 more sources

Histology and fossil diagenesis of a pterosaur tooth from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous of Brazil) [PDF]

The Anatomical Record, Volume 309, Issue 10, Page 2739-2751, October 2026.
Abstract Pterosaur dental biology remains poorly understood despite its importance for comprehending feeding strategies and flight adaptations. Here, we present the first comprehensive histological analysis of an ornithocheiriform pterosaur tooth from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation (Santana Group, Northeast Brazil).
Tito Aureliano, Matheus P. S. Rocha, Francisco P. Lima‐Filho, Aline M. Ghilardi   +3 more
wiley   +2 more sources

An unusual pterosaur specimen (Pterodactyloidea, ?azhdarchoidea) from the early cretaceous Romualdo formation of Brazil, and the evolution of the pterodactyloid palate. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
A new and unusual specimen of a probable azhdarchoid pterosaur is described for the Early Cretaceous (Albian) Romualdo Formation of Brazil. The specimen consists of a palate that, although fragmentary, has a unique morphology differing from all other ...
Felipe L Pinheiro, Cesar L Schultz
doaj   +2 more sources

A regurgitalite reveals a new filter-feeding pterosaur from the Santana Group [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The Santana Group in Northeast Brazil has yielded a remarkable discovery: the first filter-feeding pterosaur from the tropics, named Bakiribu waridza gen. et sp. nov.
R. V. Pêgas, Tito Aureliano, Borja Holgado, William B. S. Almeida, Claude L. A. Santos, Aline M. Ghilardi   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The oldest monofenestratan pterosaur from the Queso Rallado locality (Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Toarcian) of Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science
As the first group of tetrapods to achieve powered flight, pterosaurs first appeared in the Late Triassic. They proliferated globally, and by the Late Jurassic through the Cretaceous, the majority of these taxa belonged to the clade Monofenestrata (which
Alexandra E. Fernandes, Diego Pol, Oliver W. M. Rauhut   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources