New azhdarchoid pterosaur (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) with an unusual lower jaw from the Portezuelo Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Neuquén Group, Patagonia, Argentina [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2017 A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia is described. The material consists of an incomplete edentulous lower jaw that was collected from the upper portion of the Portezuelo Formation (Turonian-Early Coniacian) at the ...
ALEXANDER W.A. KELLNER, JORGE O. CALVO
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First rhamphorhynchine (Pterosauria, Rhamphorhynchidae) from the Upper Jurassic of Gondwana [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2021 Jhonatan Alarcón +5 more
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The origin and evolution of air sacs in pterosaurs and their forerunners. [PDF]
J AnatPneumatized pterosauromorph vertebrae and their phylogenetic context. Abstract Although the existence of postcranial pneumaticity and the inferred presence of air sacs connected to the lungs are well established in Pterosauria, the origin of this system in pterosaurs remains unclear. We investigated skeletal pneumaticity in the Triassic pterosauromorph
Aureliano T +4 more
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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 anhanguerian pterodactyloid mandible from the lower Valanginian of Northern Germany, and the German record of Cretaceous pterosaurs [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2021 The record of Cretaceous pterosaur remains from Germany is sparse. The material recovered to date includes the fragmentary holotypes of Targaryendraco wiedenrothi and Ctenochasma roemeri, as well as a few isolated pterodactyloid teeth and some ...
Pascal Abel +3 more
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A taxonomic and phylogenetic review of the anhanguerid pterosaur group Coloborhynchinae and the new clade Tropeognathinae [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2020 Anhanguerids are a particular group of pterodactyloid pterosaurs, characterized mainly by their rostral sagittal crests, well laterally expanded jaw tips and enlarged anterior teeth.
Borja Holgado, Rodrigo V. Pêgas
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Pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Angola
Diversity, 2022 Here, we describe the first pterosaur remains from Angola, an assemblage of fourteen bones from the Lower Maastrichtian marine deposits of Bentiaba, Namibe Province. One new species is introduced, Epapatelo otyikokolo, gen. et sp.
Alexandra E. Fernandes +6 more
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Comparative analysis of the vertebral pneumatization in pterosaurs (Reptilia: Pterosauria) and extant birds (Avialae: Neornithes). [PDF]
PLoS One, 2019 Buchmann R, Avilla LDS, Rodrigues T.
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Morphometric assessment of pterosaur jaw disparity [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2018 Pterosaurs were a successful group of Mesozoic flying reptiles. They were the first vertebrate group to achieve powered flight and varied enormously in morphology and ecology, occupying a variety of niches and developing specialized feeding strategies ...
Charlie A. Navarro +2 more
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A Basal Tapejarine (Pterosauria; Pterodactyloidea; Tapejaridae) from the Crato Formation, Early Cretaceous of Brazil. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2016 Pêgas RV, Leal ME, Kellner AW.
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