New information on the Wukongopteridae (Pterosauria) revealed by a new specimen from the Jurassic of China [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 The Wukongopteridae is an important pterosaur group discovered from Yanliao Biota, because it combines character states seen in non-pterodactyloid and pterodactyloid pterosaurs.
Xin Cheng +3 more
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Premaxillary crest variation within the Wukongopteridae (Reptilia, Pterosauria) and comments on cranial structures in pterosaurs [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2017 Cranial crests show considerable variation within the Pterosauria, a group of flying reptiles that developed powered flight. This includes the Wukongopteridae, a clade of non-pterodactyloids, where the presence or absence of such head structures, allied ...
XIN CHENG +3 more
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New long-tailed pterosaurs (Wukongopteridae) from western Liaoning, China [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2010 Two almost complete long-tailed pterosaurs from the Linglongta, Jianchang County, western Liaoning, China, are described and represent new taxa referred to the non-pterodactyloid clade Wukongopteridae. Kunpengopterus sinensis gen. et sp. nov.
Xiaolin Wang +5 more
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A new species of Darwinopterus (Wukongopteridae, Pterosauria) from western Liaoning provides some new information on the ontogeny of this clade [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de CiênciasThe Wukongopteridae is an important pterosaur clade from the Yanliao Biota, combining features of basal and derived pterosaurs. So far, the Wukongopteridae consists of five species divided into three genera: Wukongopterus lii, Darwinopterus modularis ...
XIN CHENG +7 more
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New anatomical information of the wukongopterid Kunpengopterus sinensis Wang et al., 2010 based on a new specimen [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 The Wukongopteridae compose a non-pterodactyloid clade of pterosaurs that are the most abundant flying reptiles in the deposits of the Middle-Late Jurassic Yanliao Biota.
Xin Cheng +3 more
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A new small-bodied azhdarchoid pterosaur from the lower cretaceous of England and its implications for pterosaur anatomy, diversity and phylogeny. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2013 BACKGROUND: Pterosaurs have been known from the Cretaceous sediments of the Isle of Wight (southern England, United Kingdom) since 1870. We describe the three-dimensional pelvic girdle and associated vertebrae of a small near-adult pterodactyloid from ...
Naish D, Simpson M, Dyke G.
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Were early pterosaurs inept terrestrial locomotors? [PDF]
PeerJ, 2015 Pterodactyloid pterosaurs are widely interpreted as terrestrially competent, erect-limbed quadrupeds, but the terrestrial capabilities of non-pterodactyloids are largely thought to have been poor.
Witton MP.
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New insights into pterosaur cranial anatomy: X-ray imaging reveals palatal structure and evolutionary trends [PDF]
Communications BiologyAmong the least studied portion of the pterosaur skeleton is the palate, which tends to be poorly preserved and commonly only visible from one side (the ventral portion).
He Chen +3 more
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An early juvenile of Kunpengopterus sinensis (Pterosauria) from the Late Jurassic in China [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2021 The Wukongopteridae is a transitional clade between the long- and short-tailed pterosaur groups, and at least ten specimens have been studied without a determined juvenile specimen. Here, we described a small-sized Kunpengopterus sinensis, less than half
SHUNXING JIANG +5 more
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