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Taxonomy of the Lonchodectidae (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea)

Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 2020
The pterodactyloid family Lonchodectidae includes three genera, Lonchodectes Hooley, 1914, Lonchodraco Rodrigues et Kellner, 2013, and Ikrandraco Wang et al., 2014, and four species, Lonchodectes compressirostris (Owen, 1851), Lonchodraco giganteus (Bowerbank, 1846), Ikrandraco avatar Wang et al., 2014, and Ikrandraco machaerorhynchus (Seeley, 1870 ...
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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

, 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.
David M Martill, Steven U. Vidovic (648078), Vidovic, Steven, Martill, David M., Martill, David, Vidovic, Steven U., Steven U Vidovic, David M. Martill (364451)   +7 more
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New insights into the skull of Istiodactylus latidens (Ornithocheiroidea, Pterodactyloidea) [PDF]

, 2012
The skull of the Cretaceous pterosaur Istiodactylus latidens, a historically important species best known for its broad muzzle of interlocking, lancet-shaped teeth, is almost completely known from the broken remains of several individuals, but the length
Witton, Mark, Mark P. Witton (176150), Mark P Witton, Witton Mark P.   +3 more
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Pterosauria from the Great Oolite

, 2015
Richard Owen
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An unusual flight mechanism in the Pterosauria

, 1992
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Hazelhurst, Grant A, Rayner, Jeremy M V
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A pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Lapurr sandstone, West Turkana, Kenya

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2011
An isolated pterosaurian caudal cervical (~ postcervical) vertebra was recovered from the Upper Cretaceous Lapurr sandstone ofWest Turkana, northwestern Kenya. The vertebral centrum is short, wide, and dorsoventrally compressed.
Patrick M. O'Connor, Joseph J.W. Sertich, Fredrick K. Manthi   +2 more
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Endothermy, neuron counts, and other issues: Further remarks on neurocognitive evolution in fossil vertebrates

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Last year, we challenged the view that large‐bodied theropod dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus rex resembled primates in cognition and behavior, a proposition made by Herculano‐Houzel in 2023. More recently, Jensen et al. have criticized our work on this topic, raising methodological and conceptual issues.
Kai R. Caspar, Cristián Gutiérrez‐Ibáñez, Hady George, Thomas R. Holtz Jr., Darren Naish, Grant R. Hurlburt   +5 more
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Pterosauria or Pterosaur

, 2019
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On two pterosaur humeri from the Tendaguru beds (Upper Jurassic, Tanzania)

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2009
Jurassic African pterosaur remains are exceptionally rare and only known from the Tendaguru deposits, Upper Jurassic, Tanzania. Here we describe two right humeri of Tendaguru pterosaurs from the Humboldt University of Berlin: specimens MB.R.
Fabiana R. Costa, Alexander W.A. Kellner
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On the validity of the genus Amblydectes Hooley 1914 (Pterodactyloidea, Anhangueridae) and the presence of Tropeognathinae in the Cambridge Greensand

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2021
Amblydectes is a problematic genus proposed more than a century ago for several pterosaur specimens from the Cambridge Greensand. Its problematic nature is due to the fragmentary preservation of the referred specimens, limited to several rostral tips. In
BORJA HOLGADO
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