Discrete and continuous character-based disparity analyses converge to the same macroevolutionary signa. A case study from captorhinids [PDF]
, 2017 The relationship between diversity and disparity during the evolutionary history of a clade provides unique insights into evolutionary radiations and the biological response to bottlenecks and to extinctions.
Brocklehurst, Neil +2 more
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Exploring the complex cranial morphology of Tupandactylus imperator (Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae) based on a new specimen [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasTupandactylus imperator, a striking tapejarid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) Crato Formation (Araripe Basin), is renowned for its extraordinary cranial crest, one of the proportionally largest among pterosaurs and, indeed, also among all ...
LUCAS CANEJO +2 more
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Dinosaurs and other vertebrates from the Papo-Seco Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of southern Portugal [PDF]
, 2016 New vertebrate remains reported from the Papo-Seco Formation (Lower Barremian, Lower Cretaceous) of Areias do Mastro, in Cabo Espichel, SW Portugal, south of Lisbon.
Figueiredo, S. D. +2 more
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An unusual long-tailed pterosaur with elongated neck from western Liaoning of China
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2009 A new long-tailed pterosaur, Wukongopterus lii gen. et sp. nov, is described based on an almost complete skeleton (IVPP V15113) representing an individual with an estimated wing span of 730 mm.
Xiaolin Wang +3 more
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Why sauropods had long necks; and why giraffes have short necks [PDF]
, 2012 The necks of the sauropod dinosaurs reached 15 m in length: six times longer than that of the world record giraffe and five times longer than those of all other terrestrial animals.
Taylor, Michael P., Wedel, Mathew J.
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Gaining Ground On Pterosaur Biomechanics: A General Overview [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasThe Pterosauria comprises the Mesozoic flying reptiles whose unique anatomy imposes some challenging constraints to be surpassed when it comes to biomechanical studies, besides having left no modern descendants.
FABIANA R. COSTA +3 more
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Discovery of facultative parthenogenesis in a new world crocodile. [PDF]
Biol Lett, 2023 Booth W +6 more
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A revision of the pterodactyloid pterosaur Herbstosaurus pigmaeus Casamiquela, 1975 from the Late Jurassic of Argentina [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasHerbstosaurus pigmaeus Casamiquela, 1975 is a Late Jurassic pterosaur from northwestern Patagonia. It is based on the natural moulds and a few bony patches of the sacrum, prepubis, ilium, and both femora of a small-sized specimen.
MARTÍN D. EZCURRA +3 more
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Functional and ecomorphological evolution of orbit shape in mesozoic archosaurs is driven by body size and diet. [PDF]
Commun Biol, 2022 Lautenschlager S.
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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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