Exploring the complex cranial morphology of Tupandactylus imperator (Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae) based on a new specimen [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasTupandactylus imperator, a striking tapejarid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) Crato Formation (Araripe Basin), is renowned for its extraordinary cranial crest, one of the proportionally largest among pterosaurs and, indeed, also among all ...
LUCAS CANEJO +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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Preservational bias controls the fossil record of pterosaurs. [PDF]
Palaeontology, 2016 Dean CD, Mannion PD, Butler RJ.
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Nota sobre una nueva localidad con pterosaurios (Archosauria: Pterodactyloidea) de la región de Atacama, norte de Chile [PDF]
, 2018 Se da a conocer un nuevo sitio con fósiles de pterosaurios en la localidad de Cerros Bravos, al noreste de Copiapó, Región de Atacama, en afloramientos pertenecientes a la Formación Quebrada Monardes, unidad geológica asignada al Cretácico Inferior ...
Alarcón Muñoz, Jhonatan +4 more
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An anhanguerian pterodactyloid mandible from the lower Valanginian of Northern Germany, and the German record of Cretaceous pterosaurs [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2021 The record of Cretaceous pterosaur remains from Germany is sparse. The material recovered to date includes the fragmentary holotypes of Targaryendraco wiedenrothi and Ctenochasma roemeri, as well as a few isolated pterodactyloid teeth and some ...
Pascal Abel +3 more
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Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasThe fossil remains of Thanatosdrakon from the Plottier Formation (PS-3 quarry, Mendoza, Argentina) offer a unique opportunity to investigate the preservation of pterosaurs in fluvial environments.
LEONARDO D. ORTIZ-DAVID +4 more
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The ankle joint of Pterodaustro guinazui [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica PolonicaThe hindlimb of pterosaurs has been much less studied than the pterosaur wing. However, it is relevant to understand the evolution, phylogeny and ecology of these animals.
ROMAIN BURLOT +3 more
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A pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Lapurr sandstone, West Turkana, Kenya
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2011 An isolated pterosaurian caudal cervical (~ postcervical) vertebra was recovered from the Upper Cretaceous Lapurr sandstone ofWest Turkana, northwestern Kenya. The vertebral centrum is short, wide, and dorsoventrally compressed.
Patrick M. O'Connor +2 more
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The Late Jurassic pterosaurs from northern Patagonia, Argentina [PDF]
, 2013 Records of flying Jurassic reptiles are very scarce in the Southern Hemisphere. Upper Jurassic pterosaurs have been discovered in marine Tithonian sediments of the Vaca Muerta Formation, in the Neuquén Basin, Patagonia, Argentina. Only four specimens are
Brandoni, Zulma Nelida +1 more
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An unusual long-tailed pterosaur with elongated neck from western Liaoning of China
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2009 A new long-tailed pterosaur, Wukongopterus lii gen. et sp. nov, is described based on an almost complete skeleton (IVPP V15113) representing an individual with an estimated wing span of 730 mm.
Xiaolin Wang +3 more
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