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Pterodactylus scolopaciceps Meyer, 1860 (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Upper Jurassic of Bavaria, Germany:the problem of Cryptic Pterosaur Taxa in early ontogeny [PDF]

, 2014
The taxonomy of the Late Jurassic pterodactyloid pterosaur Pterodactylus scolopaciceps Meyer, 1860 from the Solnhofen Limestone Formation of Bavaria, Germany is reviewed. Its nomenclatural history is long and complex, having been synonymised with both P.
Martill, David M., Vidovic, Steven U.
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Enigmatic dinosaur precursors bridge the gap to the origin of Pterosauria [PDF]

Nature, 2020
Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight1 and comprised one of the main evolutionary radiations in terrestrial ecosystems of the Mesozoic era (approximately 252-66 million years ago), but their origin has remained an unresolved enigma in palaeontology since the nineteenth century2-4. These flying reptiles have been hypothesized to
Martín D. Ezcurra, Sterling J. Nesbitt, Mario Bronzati, Fabio Marco Dalla Vecchia, Federico L. Agnolin, Roger B. J. Benson, Federico Brissón Egli, Sergio F. Cabreira, Serjoscha W. Evers, Adriel R. Gentil, Randall B. Irmis, Agustín G. Martinelli, Fernando E. Novas, Lúcio Roberto da Silva, Nathan D. Smith, Michelle R. Stocker, Alan H. Turner, Max C. Langer   +17 more
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Restudy of Liaoxipterus (Istiodactylidae: Pterosauria), with comments on the Chinese istiodactylid pterosaurs [PDF]

, 2008
Ji, Qiang, Lü, Junchang, Xu, Li
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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 the size of the holotype, which is the smallest specimen in wukongopterids.
SHUNXING JIANG, XIAOLI WANG, XIAOTING ZHENG, XIN CHENG, JUNQIANG ZHANG, XIAOLIN WANG   +5 more
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An azhdarchoid pterosaur humerus from the latest Jurassic (Phu Kradung Formation) of Phu Noi, north-eastern Thailand. [PDF]

Research & Knowledge, 2015
A pterosaur humerus from the Phu Kradung Formation at Phu Noi (Kalasin Province, north-eastern Thailand) is described and referred to an azhdarchoid, probably an azhdarchid.
Eric Buffetaut, Varavudh Suteethorn, Suravech Suteethorn, Uthumporn Deesri   +3 more
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Relative skull size evolution in Mesozoic archosauromorphs: potential drivers and morphological uniqueness of erythrosuchid archosauriforms

Palaeontology, Volume 65, Issue 3, May/June 2022., 2022
Abstract Little is known about the large‐scale evolutionary patterns of skull size relative to body size, and the possible drivers behind these patterns, in Archosauromorpha. For example, the large skulls of erythrosuchids, a group of non‐archosaurian archosauromorphs from the Early and Middle Triassic, and of theropod dinosaurs are regarded as ...
Jordan Bestwick, Pedro L. Godoy, Susannah C. R. Maidment, Martín D. Ezcurra, Mia Wroe, Thomas J. Raven, Joseph A. Bonsor, Richard J. Butler, Kenneth Angielczyk   +8 more
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Whole‐body endothermy: ancient, homologous and widespread among the ancestors of mammals, birds and crocodylians

Biological Reviews, Volume 97, Issue 2, Page 766-801, April 2022., 2022
ABSTRACT The whole‐body (tachymetabolic) endothermy seen in modern birds and mammals is long held to have evolved independently in each group, a reasonable assumption when it was believed that its earliest appearances in birds and mammals arose many millions of years apart.
Gordon Grigg, Julia Nowack, José Eduardo Pereira Wilken Bicudo, Naresh Chandra Bal, Holly N. Woodward, Roger S. Seymour   +5 more
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A REEXAMINATION OF FOUR PROLACERTIFORMS WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR PTEROSAUR PHYLOGENESIS

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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Size, not phylogeny, explains the morphology of the endosseous labyrinth in the crown clade Crocodylia. [PDF]

J Anat
Here, we present the most complete dataset to date on the endosseous labyrinths of extant crocodylians. Using 3D geometric morphometrics, we show that allometry constitutes a major contributor of the shape variation of the crocodylian endosseous labyrinths and that the development of this structure is likely linked to the braincase conformation, in all
Pochat-Cottilloux Y, Perrichon G, Hautier L, Rinder N, Amiot R, Raselli I, Adrien J, Lachambre J, Fernandez V, Martin JE.   +9 more
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The first pterosaur pelvic material from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) and implications for azhdarchid locomotion

FACETS, 2017
A partial pterosaur pelvis from the Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada adds to our knowledge of Late Cretaceous pterosaurs. The pelvis is tentatively referred to Azhdarchidae and represents the first pelvic material from a North American ...
Gregory F. Funston, Elizabeth Martin-Silverstone, Philip J. Currie   +2 more
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