, 2015 The evolution of pterodactyloid pterosaurs occurred in a ‘modular’ fashion with ‘pterodactyloid’-type crania and cervical vertebrae evolving in pterodactyloid sister taxa – early monofenestratan pterosaurs – before later postcervical modifications marked
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Two emetolite-pterosaur associations from the Late Jurassic of China: showing the first evidence for antiperistalsis in pterosaurs. [PDF]
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The Pterosauria of the Early to Late Jurassic: contributions to the understanding of the origin and global radiation of the Monofenestrata [PDF]
Pterosaurs, the first group of tetrapods to have achieved powered flight, originated in the Triassic and survived though the Jurassic and up to the Cretaceous/Paleogene extinction.
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The wingtips of the pterosaurs: Anatomy, aeronautical function and ecological implications [PDF]
, 2016 Habib, MB, Hone, DWE, Van Rooijen, MK
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Evidence for the presence of Rhamphorhynchus (Pterosauria: Rhamphorhynchinae) in the Kimmeridge Clay of the UK [PDF]
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Nurhachius luei, a new istiodactylid pterosaur (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province (China) and comments on the Istiodactylidae [PDF]
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New evidence from China for the nature of the pterosaur evolutionary transition. [PDF]
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An analysis of pterosaurian biogeography: implications for the evolutionary history and fossil record quality of the first flying vertebrates. [PDF]
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A Jurassic pterosaur from Patagonia and the origin of the pterodactyloid neurocranium. [PDF]
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Quantifying pterosaur launch:biomechanical modelling of ornithocheiraean pterosaur locomotion [PDF]
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