Postcranial anatomy of Dsungaripterus weii (Pterosauria: Ornithocheiroidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Wuerho, China

J Song, S Jiang, X Wang - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Ornithocheiroidea was a globally diverse group of pterosaurs during the Cretaceous.
However, well-documented ornithocheiroids are highly derived, hampering our …

Allometric wing growth links parental care to pterosaur giantism

Z Yang, B Jiang, MJ Benton, X Xu… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Pterosaurs evolved a broad range of body sizes, from small-bodied early forms with
wingspans of mostly 1–2 m to the last-surviving giants with sizes of small airplanes. Since all …

Re-evaluation of Pterodactylus antiquus and Diopecephalus kochi: two troublesome taxonomic concepts

RSH Smyth, DM Unwin - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The taxonomic histories of Pterodactylus antiquus and other pterodactyloids from the Upper
Jurassic plattenkalks of southern Germany are long and complex, reflecting centuries of …

High-precision age constraint for the Xiyingzi Bed of the Jiufotang Formation in western Liaoning, Northeast China

LJ Zhang, SY Song, SA Ji, SC Chang, J Ramezani… - Palaeoworld, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Jehol Biota includes exceptionally well-preserved fossils that are major
components of Early Cretaceous land ecosystems. The youngest example of the Jehol Biota …

Using your head—cranial steering in pterosaurs

DM Henderson - The Science of Nature, 2024 - Springer
The vast majority of pterosaurs are characterized by relatively large, elongate heads that are
often adorned with large, elaborate crests. Projecting out in front of the body, these large …

The restudy of Haopterus gracilis from the Yixian Formation, Liaoning, China

Y Xu, S Jiang, X Wang - Cretaceous Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Abundant and diverse pterosaur records have been reported from the Jehol Biota since the
end of the last century, including an early reported member, Haopterus gracilis, from the …

A taxonomic note on the tapejarid pterosaurs from the Pterosaur Graveyard site (Caiuá Group,? Early Cretaceous of Southern Brazil): evidence for the presence of two …

RV Pêgas - Historical Biology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The Caiuá Group (Cretaceous of Southern Brazil) is famous for the Pterosaur
Graveyard site, a location that has yielded hundreds of tapejarid specimens, among other …

[PDF][PDF] GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRIC APPROACH TO ESTABLISH PHYLOGENETIC AFFINITIES OF ENIGMATIC PTEROSAUR SPECIMENS FROM THE LOWER …

C Yun - Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae, 2024 - researchgate.net
Fragmentary but scientifically important pterosaur fossils have been reported in Lower
Cretaceous strata such as the Jinju and Hasandong formations of South Korea. Recently …

New data on the cranial morphology of the tapejarid Sinopterus from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota

CF Zhou, C Miao, B Andres - Historical Biology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Here, we describe a new Jehol tapejarid skeleton tentatively referred to Sinopterus dongi,
revealing some valuable cranial information about the palate and mandibular symphysis of …

The Function, Anatomy, and Evolutionary History ofthe Pterosaur Bauplan–a Taphonomic Approach

R Belben - 2024 - figshare.le.ac.uk
The output of Pterosaur research grows each year, with new work uncovering more and
more information on this group and its function and extent in the evolutionary history of this …