A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil and the paleobiogeography of the Tapejaridae [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2021 The Tapejaridae were an apparently worldwide distributed clade of edentulous pterosaurs, being a major component of several Lower Cretaceous terrestrial faunas.
Gabriela M. Cerqueira +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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A large pterosaur femur from the Kimmeridgian, Upper Jurassic of Lusitanian Basin, Portugal [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2021 The pterosaur fossil record in Portugal is scarce, comprising mainly isolated teeth and rare postcranial material. Here, we describe a well-preserved right proximal femur of a pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian, Upper Jurassic Praia da ...
FILIPPO BERTOZZO +6 more
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Restudy of Liaoxipterus (Istiodactylidae: Pterosauria), with comments on the Chinese istiodactylid pterosaurs [PDF]
, 2008 Lü, Junchang, Xu, Li, Ji, Qiang
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First record of a Late Jurassic rhamphorhynchine pterosaur from Gondwana [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2021 We describe partial remains of a non-pterodactyloid pterosaur from Upper Jurassic levels of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. The material includes a left humerus, a possible dorsal vertebra, and the shaft of a wing phalanx, all preserved in three ...
Jhonatan Alarcón-Muñoz +5 more
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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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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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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 +17 more
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