New insights into the skull of Istiodactylus latidens (Ornithocheiroidea, Pterodactyloidea). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 The skull of the Cretaceous pterosaur Istiodactylus latidens, a historically important species best known for its broad muzzle of interlocking, lancet-shaped teeth, is almost completely known from the broken remains of several individuals, but the length
Mark P Witton
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A new pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 The Kem Kem beds in South Eastern Morocco contain a rich early Upper (or possibly late Lower) Cretaceous vertebrate assemblage. Fragmentary remains, predominantly teeth and jaw tips, represent several kinds of pterosaur although only one species, the ...
Nizar Ibrahim +4 more
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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 +2 more
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A new crested pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Spain: the first European tapejarid (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BackgroundThe Tapejaridae is a group of unusual toothless pterosaurs characterized by bizarre cranial crests. From a paleoecological point of view, frugivorous feeding habits have often been suggested for one of its included clades, the Tapejarinae.
Romain Vullo +6 more
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Isolated teeth of Anhangueria (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 The fossil record of Australian pterosaurs is sparse, consisting of only a small number of isolated and fragmentary remains from the Cretaceous of Queensland, Western Australia and Victoria.
Tom Brougham +2 more
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The toothless pterosaur Jidapterus edentus (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea) from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota and its paleoecological implications. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2017 In the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota, the toothless pterosaurs flourished with the chaoyangopterids and tapejarids playing a key role in understanding the early diversity and evolution of the Azhdarchoidea.
Wen-Hao Wu, Chang-Fu Zhou, Brian Andres
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Short note on a Pteranodontoid pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from western Queensland, Australia [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2011 Flying reptiles from Australia are very rare, represented mostly by isolated bones coming from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) Toolebuc Formation, which crops out in western Queensland.
Alexander W.A. Kellner +2 more
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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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Resistance of cervical vertebrae in response to muscular stresses in pterosaurs: implications for foraging habits and skeletal pneumatization [PDF]
PeerJThe necks of pterosaurs were flexible and provided mobility for a relatively long skull. The varied morphologies and levels of pneumatization of their cervical vertebrae reflected differences in biomechanical behavior.
Richard Buchmann, Taissa Rodrigues
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On the systematic and stratigraphic significance of pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation (Jehol Group) of Liaoning, China [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2000 A reassessment of the systematic relationships of pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, China, shows that Dendrorhynchoides should be reassigned to the Anurognathidae (“Rhamphorhynchoidea”) and that Eosipterus ...
D. M. Unwin, J. Lü, N. N. Bakhurina
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