Late Campanian-Early Maastrichtian Vertebrates From The James Ross Basin, West Antarctica: Updated Synthesis, Biostratigraphy, And Paleobiogeography by MARCELO A. REGUERO, ZULMA GASPARINI, EDUARDO B. OLIVERO, RODOLFO A. CORIA, MARTA S. FERNÁNDEZ, JOSÉ P. O´GORMAN, SOLEDAD GOUIRIC-CAVALLI, CAROLINA ACOSTA HOSPITALECHE, PAULA BONA, ARI IGLESIAS, JAVIER N. GELFO, MARÍA E. RAFFI, JUAN JOSÉ MOLY, SERGIO N. SANTILLANA, MAGALÍ CÁRDENAS

“…A diverse terrestrial vertebrate assemblage has been reported being characterized by dinosaurs (sauropod, elasmarian ornithopods, nodosaurid ankylosaur, and a paravian theropod), pterosaurs and birds. Most SHIF dinosaurs share close affinities with penecontemporaneous taxa from southern South America, indicating that at least some continental vertebrates could disperse between southern South America and Antarctica during the Late Cretaceous. …”
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The “mid”-Cretaceous (Lower Cenomanian) Continental Vertebrates of Gara Samani, Algeria. Sedimentological Framework and Palaeodiversity by Madani Benyoucef, Adán Pérez-García, Mohamed Bendella, Francisco Ortega, Romain Vullo, Imad Bouchemla, Bruno Ferré

“…Lavocatodus humei and Neoceratodus africanus), testudines (at least two Pelomedusoides, one of them being a representative of Araripemydidae), crocodyliforms (all remains being compatible with Neosuchia, represented at least by Elosuchus broinae), ornithocheirid pterosaurs, and non-avian dinosaurs (titanosauriform sauropods and at least two theropods, Spinosaurus aegyptiacus and Carcharodontosaurus saharicus). …”
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The Tetrapod Fossil Record from the Uppermost Maastrichtian of the Ibero-Armorican Island: An Integrative Review Based on the Outcrops of the Western Tremp Syncline (Aragón, Huesca... by Manuel Pérez-Pueyo, Penélope Cruzado-Caballero, Miguel Moreno-Azanza, Bernat Vila, Diego Castanera, José Manuel Gasca, Eduardo Puértolas-Pascual, Beatriz Bádenas, José Ignacio Canudo

“…The transitional and continental successions of these sedimentary units are dated to the late Maastrichtian, and exploration of their outcrops has led to the discovery of numerous fossil remains (bones, eggshells, and tracks) of dinosaurs, including hadrosauroids, sauropods, and theropods, along with other tetrapods such as crocodylomorphs, testudines, pterosaurs, squamates, and amphibians. In particular, this fossil record contains some of the youngest lambeosaurine hadrosaurids (<i>Arenysaurus</i> and <i>Blasisaurus</i>) and Mesozoic crocodylomorphs (<i>Arenysuchus</i> and <i>Agaresuchus subjuniperus</i>) in Europe, complementing the lower Maastrichtian fossil sites of the Eastern Tremp Syncline. …”
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Largest dinosaur tracksite in China (Cretaceous, Zhaojue area, Sichuan Province): On the verge of destruction by Lida Xing, Martin G. Lockley, Hendrik Klein, W. Scott Persons, IV, Guangzhao Peng, Yong Ye, Miaoyan Wang

“…The combined data from all four Zhaojue surfaces reveal a total of 1928 tracks, and include a few previously reported pterosaurs and theropod swim tracks. The Zhaojue quarry complex provide a good example of multiple track-bearing sites (surfaces) that require long term study and monitoring to extract as much trackway data as possible before in situ physical evidence is lost.…”
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Title not available by ALEXANDER W. A. KELLNER, DIOGENES A. CAMPOS, JULIANA M. SAYÃO, ANTÔNIO A.F. SARAIVA, TAISSA RODRIGUES, GUSTAVO OLIVEIRA, LILIAN A. CRUZ, FABIANA R. COSTA, HELDER P. SILVA, JENNYFER S. FERREIRA

“…A very large pterosaur (MN 6594-V) from the Romualdo Formation (Aptian/Albian), Santana Group, Araripe Basin, is described. …”
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Rapid Initial Morphospace Expansion and Delayed Morphological Disparity Peak in the First 100 Million Years of the Archosauromorph Evolutionary Radiation by Christian Foth, Christian Foth, Roland B. Sookias, Roland B. Sookias, Roland B. Sookias, Martín D. Ezcurra, Martín D. Ezcurra

“…The Triassic radiation of the Archosauromorpha was one of the most spectacular vertebrate radiations, giving rise to many highly ecomorphologically varied lineages—including the dinosaurs, pterosaurs, and stem-crocodylians—that dominated the larger-bodied land fauna for the following 150 Ma, and ultimately gave rise to today’s &gt; 10,000 species of birds and crocodylians. …”
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Comments on the Pteranodontidae (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) with the description of two new species by Alexander W.A. Kellner

“…The procedures to recognize a pterosaur species are also discussed here, and must take into account primarily morphology, in conjunction with stratigraphic and geographic data. …”
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A new gnathosaurine (Pterosauria, Archaeopterodactyloidea) from the Late Jurassic of Portugal by Alexandra E. Fernandes, Victor Beccari, Alexander W. A. Kellner, Octávio Mateus

“…An incomplete, yet remarkably-sized dentated rostrum and associated partial cervical vertebrae of a pterosaur (ML 2554) were recently discovered from the Late Jurassic (Late Kimmeridgian-Early Tithonian) Lourinhã Formation of Praia do Caniçal, of central west Portugal. …”
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THE FIRST ITALIAN SPECIMEN OF <em>AUSTRIADACTYLUS CRISTATUS</em> (DIAPSIDA, PTEROSAURIA) FROM THE NORIAN (UPPER TRIASSIC) OF THE CARNIC PREALPS by FABIO M. DALLA VECCHIA

“…The Triassic pterosaur Austriadactylus cristatus is reported for the first time from the Norian (Upper Triassic) of north-eastern Italy. …”
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A specimen of Rhamphorhynchus with soft tissue preservation, stomach contents and a putative coprolite by David Hone, Donald M. Henderson, François Therrien, Michael B. Habib

“…Despite being known for nearly two centuries, new specimens of the derived non-pterodactyloid pterosaur Rhamphorhynchus continue to be discovered and reveal new information about their anatomy and palaeobiology. …”
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An Ornithopod-Dominated Tracksite from the Lower Cretaceous Jiaguan Formation (Barremian-Albian) of Qijiang, South-Central China: New Discoveries, Ichnotaxonomy, Preservation and P... by Lida Xing, Martin G Lockley, Daniel Marty, Jianping Zhang, Yan Wang, Hendrik Klein, Richard T McCrea, Lisa G Buckley, Matteo Belvedere, Octávio Mateus, Gerard D Gierliński, Laura Piñuela, W Scott Persons, Fengping Wang, Hao Ran, Hui Dai, Xianming Xie

“…The site is also extraordinary for having multiple tetrapod track-bearing levels, of which the lower two form the floor of part of the notch, and yield very well preserved asseamblages of ornithopod, bird (avian theropod) and pterosaur tracks. Trackway counts indicate that ornithopods dominate (69%) accounting for at least 165 trackmakers, followed by bird (18%), sauropod (10%), and pterosaur (3%). …”
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On the validity of the genus Amblydectes Hooley 1914 (Pterodactyloidea, Anhangueridae) and the presence of Tropeognathinae in the Cambridge Greensand by BORJA HOLGADO

“…Abstract Amblydectes is a problematic genus proposed more than a century ago for several pterosaur specimens from the Cambridge Greensand. Its problematic nature is due to the fragmentary preservation of the referred specimens, limited to several rostral tips. …”
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Hints of the early Jehol Biota: important dinosaur footprint assemblages from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary Tuchengzi Formation in Beijing, China. by Lida Xing, Jianping Zhang, Martin G Lockley, Richard T McCrea, Hendrik Klein, Luis Alcalá, Lisa G Buckley, Michael E Burns, Susanna B Kümmell, Qing He

“…Palecologically the Tuchengzi ichnofauna is characteristic of semi-arid fluvio-lacustrine inland basins with Upper Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous deposits in northern China that all show assemblages with abundant theropod and sauropod tracks and minor components of ornithopod, pterosaur and bird tracks.…”
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Rare evidence of shark-on-shark trophic interactions in the fossil record by VICTOR J. PEREZ, STEPHEN J. GODFREY, PHILLIP F. CHAPMAN

“…Previous publications have shown shark bite traces on skeletal elements of fossil fishes, marine mammals, marine reptiles, and even a pterosaur, offering direct evidence of active predation, failed predation, and/or scavenging. …”
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An early juvenile of Kunpengopterus sinensis (Pterosauria) from the Late Jurassic in China by SHUNXING JIANG, XIAOLI WANG, XIAOTING ZHENG, XIN CHENG, JUNQIANG ZHANG, XIAOLIN WANG

“…Abstract 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. …”
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Integrated Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction and Taphonomy of a Unique Upper Cretaceous Vertebrate-Bearing Locality (Velaux, Southeastern France). by Aude Cincotta, Johan Yans, Pascal Godefroit, Géraldine Garcia, Jean Dejax, Mouloud Benammi, Sauveur Amico, Xavier Valentin

“…Numerous crocodilian teeth occur together with complete skulls. Pterosaur, hybodont shark and fish elements are also represented but uncommon. …”
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Life history of Rhamphorhynchus inferred from bone histology and the diversity of pterosaurian growth strategies. by Edina Prondvai, Koen Stein, Attila Osi, Martin P Sander

“…Rhamphorhynchus from the Solnhofen Limestones is the most prevalent long tailed pterosaur with a debated life history. Whereas morphological studies suggested a slow crocodile-like growth strategy and superprecocial volant hatchlings, the only histological study hitherto conducted on Rhamphorhynchus concluded a relatively high growth rate for the genus. …”
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New material of the trechnotherian mammal Lactodens from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota: Comparison with Origolestes and implications for mammal evolution by FANGYUAN MAO, CUNYU LIU, JIN MENG

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Mesozoic basins and associated palaeogeographic evolution in North China by Yong-Qing Liu, Hong-Wei Kuang, Nan Peng, Huan Xu, Peng Zhang, Neng-Sheng Wang, Wei An

“…The Yanliao biota of the Middle–Late Jurassic and the Jehol biota of the Early Cretaceous are characterized by feathered dinosaurs, primitive birds, mammals, pterosaur, insects and plants (angiosperms). In northeastern Asia, this Late Mesozoic tectonic background , palaeogeoraphy and palaeoecology were shared by East China, Korean Peninsula, Japan and the Far East of Russia.…”
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