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The First Record of a Pteranodontid (Pterosauria, Pteranodontidae) from the Late Cretaceous of the Lower Volga Region
AbstractAn ulna fragment of a pterosaur Pteranodontidae indet. is described from the locality Polunino 2 in Volgograd Oblast (Late Cretaceous,...
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First Articulated Rhamphorhynchoid Pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
AbstractA nearly complete skeleton of a Mesozoic pterosaur, which probably belongs to Jeholopterus (Anurognathidae), was discovered in the third...
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A new vertebrate assemblage from the Matute Formation of the Cameros Basin (Ágreda, Spain): implications for the diversity during the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary
The Ribota site (Ágreda, Soria, Spain) is a new locality in the Matute Formation (Tithonian–Berriasian) composed of several carbonate layers,...
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A new pterodactyloid pterosaur with a unique filter-feeding apparatus from the Late Jurassic of Germany
A new long-legged, spatula-beaked, filter-feeding pterodactyloid pterosaur from Upper Jurassic plattenkalk limestones at Wattendorf, Bavaria,...
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Convergent evolution and convergent loss in the grasping structures of immature earwigs and aphidlion-like larvae as demonstrated by about 100-million-year-old fossils
Convergent evolution is a common phenomenon, independently leading to similar morphologies in different evolutionary lineages. Often similar...
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Location-Based Management of Paleontological Collections using Open Source GIS Software
Management of Natural History collections, particularly paleontological collections, is usually structured around specimens. However, it might not be...
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Body Size Evolution and Locomotion in Sauropodomorpha: What the South American Record Tells Us
The transition from early sauropodomorphs to sauropods is of special interest given that a shift from obligatory or facultative bipedalism to an...
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Taphonomy: Overview and New Perspectives Related to the Paleobiology of Giants
Most taphonomy studies of South American sauropodomorphs have addressed extrinsic factors such as sedimentary environments, bone dispersal, and...
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Introduction
Mammals from ancient times, living in past ecosystems surrounded by dinosaurs, toothed birds, fast running crocodyliforms, among other unfamiliar...
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An azhdarchid humerus (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Saratov Region
A proximal humerus fragment referred to as Azhdarchidae indet. from the Rybushka Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Lower Campanian) of the Beloe Ozero...
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The pterosaurs of the Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of Morocco
The pterosaur assemblage of the mid-Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of Morocco is reviewed. This analysis examines their taxonomy, palaeoecology and...
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Study on the Jehol Biota: Recent advances and future prospects
The Jehol Biota is an Early Cretaceous terrestrial fossil assemblage of paramount significance, and its core distribution areas are western Liaoning,...
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Barremian synrift sedimentation in the Oliete sub-basin (Iberian Basin, Spain): palaeogeographical evolution and distribution of vertebrate remains
A review of the onset of the synrift sedimentation and synsedimentary extensional tectonics of the Oliete sub-basin (northwestern Maestrazgo basin,...
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Morphology of the Coracoid of Late Cretaceous Enantiornithines (Aves: Enantiornithes) from Dzharakuduk (Uzbekistan)
Based on serial material from the Turonian of Dzharakuduk (central Kyzyl Kum, Uzbekistan), the morphology of coracoid of enantiornithines is...
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“thick head,” a suborder of relatively small ornithischian dinosaurs; bipedal and generally herbivorous, they are characterized by a very thick skull...
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A review of vertebrate body fossils from the Korean Peninsula and perspectives
For the first time, a comprehensive review was presented for all Korean vertebrate body fossils reported during last 100 years. At present, Korean...
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A pterosaurian vertebra from the Upper Cretaceous of the Saratov Region
A dorsal vertebra referred to as Azhdarchidae indet. from the Rybushka Formation (Upper Cretaceous, Lower Campanian) of the Beloe Ozero locality in...
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Reconstruction of the neck of Azhdarcho lancicollis and lifestyle of azhdarchids (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae)
A computer reconstruction of isolated cervical vertebrae of Azhdarcho lancicollis from the Turonian of Uzbekistan allows three-dimensional model of...
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A new ornithocheirid, Barbosania gracilirostris gen. et sp. nov. (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Santana Formation (Cretaceous) of NE Brazil
An almost complete, ornithocheirid pterosaur from the Romulado Member of the Santana Formation, NE Brazil is described. The specimen lacks a rostral...
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New information on body size and cranial display structures of Pterodactylus antiquus, with a revision of the genus
Pterodactylus antiquus has long been thought to have been quite small (~50 cm wingspan) and to have differed from P. longicollum , Ctenochasma , Germanodactylus...
