The first pterosaur basihyal, shedding light on the evolution and function of pterosaur hyoid apparatuses by Shunxing Jiang, Zhiheng Li, Xin Cheng, Xiaolin Wang

Subjects: “…Pterosaurs…”
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How to interpret a pterosaur by Natalia Jagielska

“…The Princeton Field Guide to Pterosaurs. 184 pp. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-18017-5. …”
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A taxonomic approach on diagnostic characters used to define new pterosaur taxa and an estimation of pterosaur diversity by DENIS LUIZ FERNANDES, IVAN NUNES, FABIANA R. COSTA

“…Abstract Diagnostic characters from 227 pterosaur species were listed, separated into cranial or post-cranial elements and counted. …”
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Pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Angola by Alexandra E. Fernandes, Octávio Mateus, Brian Andres, Michael J. Polcyn, Anne S. Schulp, António Olímpio Gonçalves, Louis L. Jacobs

“…Here, we describe the first pterosaur remains from Angola, an assemblage of fourteen bones from the Lower Maastrichtian marine deposits of Bentiaba, Namibe Province. …”
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Were early pterosaurs inept terrestrial locomotors? by Mark P. Witton

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A new view of pterosaur feeding habits. by Liza Gross

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A new pterosaur tracksite from the Lower Cretaceous of Wuerho, Junggar Basin, China: inferring the first putative pterosaur trackmaker by Yang Li, Xiaolin Wang, Shunxing Jiang

Subjects: “…Pterosaur tracks…”
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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. by Darren Naish, Martin Simpson, Gareth Dyke

“…<h4>Background</h4>Pterosaurs have been known from the Cretaceous sediments of the Isle of Wight (southern England, United Kingdom) since 1870. …”
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Pterosaur Tracks from the Upper Cretaceous Anacleto Formation (Neuquén Basin), Northern Patagonia, Argentina: Insights into Campanian Pterosaur Diversity in Gondwana by Ignacio Díaz-Martínez, Arturo M. Heredia, Santiago N. González, Nerina Canale, Silvina de Valais, Carlos A. Cónsole-Gonella, Romina M. Montes, Martina Caratelli, Sofía Urzagasti-Torres, Geraldine Fischer, Agustina Lecuona, Pablo Paniceres, Leonardo Salgado, Paolo Citton

“…Despite the striking diversity of this record, pterosaur fossils had never been described from the unit. …”
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The first pterosaur 3-D egg: Implications for Pterodaustro guinazui nesting strategies, an Albian filter feeder pterosaur from central Argentina by Gerald Grellet-Tinner, Michael B. Thompson, Lucas E. Fiorelli, Eloísa Argañaraz, Laura Codorniú, E. Martín Hechenleitner

Subjects: “…Pterosaur fossil eggs…”
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A reappraisal of azhdarchid pterosaur functional morphology and paleoecology. by Mark P Witton, Darren Naish

“…Azhdarchid pterosaurs were among the most widespread and successful of pterosaur clades, but their paleoecology remains controversial. …”
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A REEXAMINATION OF FOUR PROLACERTIFORMS WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR PTEROSAUR PHYLOGENESIS by DAVID PETERS

“…Traditionally, pterosaurs have been included within the Archosauriformes and many contemporary workers consider the Pterosauria the sister group to Lagosuchus, Scleromochlus and the Dinosauria. …”
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A Jurassic pterosaur from Patagonia and the origin of the pterodactyloid neurocranium by Laura Codorniú, Ariana Paulina Carabajal, Diego Pol, David Unwin, Oliver W.M. Rauhut

“…Pterosaurs are an extinct group of highly modified flying reptiles that thrived during the Mesozoic. …”
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Scaling of soaring seabirds and implications for flight abilities of giant pterosaurs. by Katsufumi Sato, Kentaro Q Sakamoto, Yutaka Watanuki, Akinori Takahashi, Nobuhiro Katsumata, Charles-André Bost, Henri Weimerskirch

“…Our result therefore casts doubt on the flying ability of large, extinct pterosaurs. The largest extant soarer, the wandering albatross, weighs about 12 kg, which might be a pragmatic limit to maintain a safety margin for sustainable flight and to survive in a variable environment.…”
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Arthrological reconstructions of the pterosaur neck and their implications for the cervical position at rest by Richard Buchmann, Taissa Rodrigues

“…The lack of any pterosaur living descendants creates gaps in the knowledge of the biology of this group, including its cervical biomechanics, which makes it difficult to understand their posture and life habits. …”
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Filter feeding in Late Jurassic pterosaurs supported by coprolite contents by Martin Qvarnström, Erik Elgh, Krzysztof Owocki, Per E. Ahlberg, Grzegorz Niedźwiedzki

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On a pterosaur jaw from the Upper Jurassic of Tendaguru (Tanzania) by D. M. Unwin, W.-D. Heinrich

“…A short section of a mandibular symphysis is the first cranial fossil of a pterosaur to be reported from the Upper Jurassic of Tendaguru, Tanzania. …”
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Respiratory evolution facilitated the origin of pterosaur flight and aerial gigantism. by Leon P A M Claessens, Patrick M O'Connor, David M Unwin

“…Pterosaurs, enigmatic extinct Mesozoic reptiles, were the first vertebrates to achieve true flapping flight. …”
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Novel information on the cranial anatomy of the tapejarine pterosaur Caiuajara dobruskii by Lucas Canejo, Borja Holgado, Luiz C. Weinschütz, João H. Z. Ricetti, Everton Wilner, Alexander W. A. Kellner

“…Caiuajara dobruskii is a tapejarid pterosaur from the Cretaceous of the ‘Cemitério dos Pterossauros’ (pterosaur graveyard) site, a unique pterosaur bonebed which is located at the municipality of Cruzeiro do Oeste (Paraná, Brazil). …”
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Pterodactyloid pterosaur bones from Cretaceous deposits of the Antarctic Peninsula by ALEXANDER W.A. KELLNER, TAISSA RODRIGUES, FABIANA R. COSTA, LUIZ C. WEINSCHÜTZ, RODRIGO G. FIGUEIREDO, GEOVANE A. DE SOUZA, ARTHUR S. BRUM, LÚCIA H.S. ELEUTÉRIO, CARSTEN W. MUELLER, JULIANA M. SAYÃO

“…These occurrences show that pterodactyloids inhabited the Antarctic Peninsula at least during the Upper Cretaceous and demonstrate that large pterosaurs were widespread through all parts of the planet during that period.…”
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