Development and evolution of the notarium in Pterosauria [PDF]
Journal of Anatomy, 2020 AbstractThe notarium is the structure formed by fusion of the dorsal vertebrae which occurred independently in pterosaurs and birds. This ankylosis usually involves two to six elements and in many cases, also includes the last cervical vertebra. Fusion can occur in different degrees, uniting the vertebral centra, the neural spines, the transverse ...
Alex Schiller Aires +4 more
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A REEXAMINATION OF FOUR PROLACERTIFORMS WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR PTEROSAUR PHYLOGENESIS [PDF]
Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2000 Traditionally, pterosaurs have been included within the Archosauriformes and many contemporary workers consider the Pterosauria the sister group to Lagosuchus, Scleromochlus and the Dinosauria.
DAVID PETERS
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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.
Taissa Rodrigues, Richard Buchmann
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A Reappraisal of the Purported Gastric Pellet with Pterosaurian Bones from the Upper Triassic of Italy. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 A small accumulation of bones from the Norian (Upper Triassic) of the Seazza Brook Valley (Carnic Prealps, Northern Italy) was originally (1989) identified as a gastric pellet made of pterosaur skeletal elements.
Borja Holgado +4 more
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Reconstruction of the adductor chamber and predicted bite force in pterodactyloids (Pterosauria)
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2021 Abstract The reconstruction of jaw muscles is critical in establishing potential cranial functions; however, myological studies of extinct groups that have no descendants are difficult to perform and test. This is particularly true for pterosaurs, a group of extinct flying reptiles that present a plethora of cranial morphologies ...
Pêgas, Rodrigo V +2 more
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Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasCranial crests show considerable variation within the Pterosauria, a group of flying reptiles that developed powered flight. This includes the Wukongopteridae, a clade of non-pterodactyloids, where the presence or absence of such head structures, allied ...
XIN CHENG +3 more
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Comments on the Pteranodontidae (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) with the description of two new species [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2010 Considered one of the best known flying reptiles, Pteranodon has been subject to several reviews in the last century. Found exclusively in the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara Formation and Pierre Shale Group 11 species have been attributed to this genus ...
Alexander W.A. Kellner
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Asociacion faunistica de vertebrados mesozoicos de la localidad de Galve (Teruel) [PDF]
Estudios Geologicos, 2002 Los sedimentos del Tithónico-Barremiense de la Cuenca Ibérica aflorantes en los alrededores de la localidad de Galve (Teniel), son particularmente ricos en restos de vertebrados mesozoicos.
B. Sánchez Hemández
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Review of taxonomy, geographic distribution, and paleoenvironments of Azhdarchidae (Pterosauria)
ZooKeys, 2014 The taxonomy, geographic distribution, and paleoenvironmental context of azhdarchid pterosaurs are reviewed. All purported pteranodontid, tapejarid, and azhdarchid specimens from the Cenomanian Kem Kem beds of Morocco are referred to a single azhdarchid ...
Alexander Averianov
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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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