REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE PALEONTOLOGIA, 2015 The study of bone microstructure preserved in fossils provides substantial information about physiology, growth gradients and strategies, and some ecological considerations. Paleohistology is a useful tool for understanding the biological mechanisms of extinct animals. Presented here is the microstructure characterization of two Anhangueria pterosaurs.
Lucia Helena de Souza Eleutério +6 more
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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.
Mark P. Witton
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A new pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of La Rioja (Spain)
Boletín Geológico y Minero, 2010 A pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous (Lower Aptian) Leza Formation of La Rioja (Spain) is assigned to a new genus and species of Pterodactyloidea, Prejanopterus curvirostra n. gen. n. sp., based on the holotype FA 112 (rostrum) and associated craneal and postcraneal elements.
C. Fuentes Vidarte, M. Meijide Calvo
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Cretaceous Research, 2022 Fil: González, Edwin.
Jhonatan Alarcón-Muñoz +9 more
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A revision of the pterodactyloid pterosaur Herbstosaurus pigmaeus Casamiquela, 1975 from the Late Jurassic of Argentina [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasHerbstosaurus pigmaeus Casamiquela, 1975 is a Late Jurassic pterosaur from northwestern Patagonia. It is based on the natural moulds and a few bony patches of the sacrum, prepubis, ilium, and both femora of a small-sized specimen.
MARTÍN D. EZCURRA +3 more
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A new ?chaoyangopterid (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of southern Morocco [PDF]
Cretaceous Research, 2020 Abstract A new genus and species of edentulous pterodactyloid pterosaur with a distinctive partial rostrum from the mid-Cretaceous (?Albian/Cenomanian) Kem Kem beds of southeast Morocco is described. The taxon is assigned to Chaoyangopteridae based upon its edentulous jaws, elongate rostrum and slightly concave dorsal outline.
McPhee, James +5 more
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The first pterosaur from the Bauru Group: an azhdarchid from the Upper Cretaceous of Brazil
Papers in Palaeontology, Volume 11, Issue 5, September/October 2025.Abstract The vertebrate fossil record of the Bauru Group (Upper Cretaceous, southeastern Brazil) is remarkably rich, with a predominance of titanosaurs and crocodyliforms, alongside theropods, turtles, squamates, fishes and even small mammals. In contrast, pterosaur remains from the Bauru Group have remained elusive until now.
Ariovaldo A. Giaretta +3 more
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Micro-XRF chemical elementary analysis on the holotype of Sinopterus atavismus Lü, Teng, Sun, Shen, Li, Gao, Liu, 2016 (Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae) [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasThe Early Cretaceous pterosaur Sinopterus atavismus, from Northeast China, belongs to the Tapejaridae. The furrowed structure of its wing phalanges is relatively primitive, possibly indicative of atavism.
XIANGWAN LU +5 more
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Morphology and taxonomy of Quetzalcoatlus Lawson 1975 (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea) [PDF]
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2021 Brian Andres, Wann Langston
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Functional morphology ofQuetzalcoatlusLawson 1975 (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea) [PDF]
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2021 Kevin Padian +3 more
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