The field of comparative biomechanics examines how form, mechanical properties and
environmental interactions shape the function of biological structures. Biomechanics has …

For 150 million years, the skies didn't belong to birds--they belonged to the pterosaurs.
These flying reptiles, which include the pterodactyls, shared the world with the nonavian …

Abstract The Late Cretaceous was a time of tremendous global change, as the final stages
of the Age of Dinosaurs were shaped by climate and sea level fluctuations and witness to …

Quetzalcoatlus is the largest flying organism ever known and one of the most familiar
pterosaurs to the public. Despite a half century of interest, it remains very incompletely …

Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight and the largest animals to ever
take wing. The pterosaurs persisted for over 150 million years before disappearing at the …

The Azhdarchidae have come to be known as the most diverse clade of Late Cretaceous
pterosaurs and the largest flying creatures in existence. Since the erection of the taxon …

Pterosaurs, the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight, dominated Mesozoic skies from the
Late Triassic to the end Cretaceous, a span of around 154 Myr (∼ 220–66 Ma). They …

Tapejarids are edentulous pterosaurs particularly abundant in the Chinese Jiufotang
Formation, counting with over 10 described specimens and dozens of undescribed ones. A …

Background The Tapejaridae is a group of unusual toothless pterosaurs characterized by
bizarre cranial crests. From a paleoecological point of view, frugivorous feeding habits have …

The taxonomy, geographic distribution, and paleoenvironmental context of azhdarchid
pterosaurs are reviewed. All purported pteranodontid, tapejarid, and azhdarchid specimens …