First pterosaur remains from the Cretaceous of Poland [PDF]
, 2013 The first records of pterosaurs from the Cretaceous of Poland are reported, on the basis of fragmentary remains from the marine Upper Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of the Annopol Anticline, central Poland.
Machalski, Marcin, Martill, David M.
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Egg shape changes at the theropod–bird transition, and a morphometric study of amniote eggs [PDF]
, 2014 The eggs of amniotes exhibit a remarkable variety of shapes, from spherical to elongate and from symmetrical to asymmetrical. We examine eggshell geometry in a diverse sample of fossil and living amniotes using geometric morphometrics and linear ...
Abramoff MD +14 more
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Extending the Geographic Range of Pterosaurs in the Araripe Basin: First Record from the Romualdo Formation (Araripe Basin) in Piauí, Brazil [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasThe Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil is a key site for Cretaceous pterosaur fossils from Gondwanan deposits. Most discoveries are concentrated in its northern portion, particularly in Ceará state, within the Crato and Romualdo formations. In contrast,
RENAN A.M. BANTIM +5 more
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Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasAbstract: The first pterosaur bone bed from Brazil was reported in 2014 at the outskirts of the town Cruzeiro do Oeste, Paraná State, in the Southern region of the country. Here named 'cemitério dos pterossauros' site, these outcrops were referred to the
ALEXANDER W.A. KELLNER +4 more
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Preliminary observations on the bone histology of the Middle Triassic pseudosuchian archosaur Batrachotomus kupferzellensis reveal fast growth with laminar fibrolamellar bone tissue [PDF]
, 2017 The bone tissue of femur, rib, and gastralia from three different individuals of the Middle Triassic pseudosuchian Batrachotomus kupferzellensis from southern Germany is studied.
Foth, Christian +2 more
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The Evolution of Pneumatic Foramina in Pterosaur Vertebrae
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2019 : Pterosaurs possess skeletal pneumatization, which can be assessed externally through the observation of pneumatic foramina. These foramina vary in position, shape, and number among taxa.
RICHARD BUCHMANN, TAISSA RODRIGUES
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Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2015 The counterpart of a previously described non-pterodactyloid pterosaur with an egg revealed the presence of a second egg inside the body cavity of this gravid female.
XIAOLIN WANG +10 more
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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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Rise of Dinosaurs Reveals Major Body-Size Transitions Are Driven by Passive Processes of Trait Evolution [PDF]
, 2012 A major macroevolutionary question concerns how long-term patterns of body-size evolution are underpinned by smaller scale processes along lineages.
Benson, Roger B. J. +2 more
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