Exploring the complex cranial morphology of Tupandactylus imperator (Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae) based on a new specimen [PDF]
Tupandactylus 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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An unusual long-tailed pterosaur with elongated neck from western Liaoning of China
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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Gaining Ground On Pterosaur Biomechanics: A General Overview [PDF]
The Pterosauria comprises the Mesozoic flying reptiles whose unique anatomy imposes some challenging constraints to be surpassed when it comes to biomechanical studies, besides having left no modern descendants.
FABIANA R. COSTA +3 more
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Pêgas, R.V. (2025): On the systematics and phylogenetic nomenclature of the Ornithocheiriformes (Pterosauria, Pteranodontoidea).
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Discovery of facultative parthenogenesis in a new world crocodile. [PDF]
Booth W +6 more
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NEW PTEROSAUR SPECIMENS FROM THE KEM KEM BEDS (UPPER CRETACEOUS, CENOMANIAN) OF MOROCCO
Although pterosaurs from Africa are still rare, in recent years several specimens have been described from the Kem Kem beds (Upper Cretaceous, Cenomanian) of Morocco.
TAISSA RODRIGUES +3 more
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Pneumatic foramina located at the base of transverse processes of dorsal vertebrae in pterosaurs.
A, Anhanguera piscator (MN 5023-V) in caudal view; B, Pterosauria sp. (MN 6508-V) in cranial view. Abbreviations: fopn, pneumatic foramen; nc, neural canal; ns, neural spine; poz, postzygapophysis; prz, prezygapophysis; trp, transverse process. Scale: 10
Richard Buchmann (7548212) +2 more
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Functional and ecomorphological evolution of orbit shape in mesozoic archosaurs is driven by body size and diet. [PDF]
Lautenschlager S.
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A monograph on the fossil reptilia of the cretaceous formations
Part 1 Chelonia (Lacertilia, &C.)Suppl. 1 Pterosauria (Pterodactylus)Suppl. 2 Dinosauria (Iguanodon)Suppl. 3 Pterosauria (Pterodactylus) and Sauropterygia (Polyptychodon)Suppl. 4 Sauropterygia (Plesosaurus)by Professor OwenBd. 1: 1851, vi, [1] Blatt, 118
Owen, Richard
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Review of the pterodactyloid pterosaur Coloborhynchus [PDF]
Kellner, Alexander W. A. +1 more
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