A new specimen of Sinopterus dongi (Pterosauria, Tapejaridae) from the Jiufotang Formation (Early Cretaceous, China) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 The Tapejarinae are edentulous pterosaurs that are relatively common in Cretaceous continental deposits in South America, North Africa, Europe, and China (mostly Early Cretaceous).
Caizhi Shen +6 more
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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 +3 more
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A taxonomic revision of the Sinopterus complex (Pterosauria, Tapejaridae) from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota, with the new genus Huaxiadraco. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2023 Tapejarids are edentulous pterosaurs particularly abundant in the Chinese Jiufotang Formation, counting with over 10 described specimens and dozens of undescribed ones.
Pêgas RV, Zhou X, Jin X, Wang K, Ma W.
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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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Nurhachius luei, a new istiodactylid pterosaur (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province (China) and comments on the Istiodactylidae. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 A new istiodactylid pterosaur, Nurhachius luei sp. nov., is here reported based on a complete skull with mandible and some cervical vertebrae from the lower part of the Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning (China).
Zhou X, Pêgas RV, Leal MEC, Bonde N.
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Comparative analysis of the vertebral pneumatization in pterosaurs (Reptilia: Pterosauria) and extant birds (Avialae: Neornithes). [PDF]
PLoS One, 2019 Birds and pterosaurs have pneumatic bones, a feature likely related to their flight capabilities but whose evolution and origin is still poorly understood.
Buchmann R, Avilla LDS, Rodrigues T.
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Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. [PDF]
PLoS Biol, 2018 Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight and the largest animals to ever take wing. The pterosaurs persisted for over 150 million years before disappearing at the end of the Cretaceous, but the patterns of and processes driving ...
Longrich NR, Martill DM, Andres B.
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Seazzadactylus venieri gen. et sp. nov., a new pterosaur (Diapsida: Pterosauria) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) of northeastern Italy [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 A new non-monofenestratan pterosaur with multicusped dentition, Seazzadactylus venieri, is described from the Upper Triassic (middle-upper Norian) of the Carnian Prealps (northeastern Italy). The holotype of S. venieri preserves a complete mandibular and
Fabio Marco Dalla Vecchia
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The comparative energetics of the turtles and crocodiles. [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2022 This paper discusses patterns in Dynamic Energy Budget parameters and implied traits that we found for turtles and crocodiles. We explain, for instance, why the proportionality of weight at birth with the square root of ultimate weight points to problems with water loss and nitrogen‐waste accumulation.
Marn N, Kooijman SALM.
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An early juvenile of Kunpengopterus sinensis (Pterosauria) from the Late Jurassic in China [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2021 The Wukongopteridae is a transitional clade between the long- and short-tailed pterosaur groups, and at least ten specimens have been studied without a determined juvenile specimen. Here, we described a small-sized Kunpengopterus sinensis, less than half
Shunxing Jiang +5 more
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