Pterosaurs, the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight, were key components of Mesozoic
terrestrial ecosystems from their sudden appearance in the Late Triassic until their demise at …

Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight 1 and comprised one of the
main evolutionary radiations in terrestrial ecosystems of the Mesozoic era (approximately …

Dinosaurs and pterosaurs have remarkable diversity and disparity through most of the
Mesozoic Era,–. Soon after their origins, these reptiles diversified into a number of long-lived …

We report here the first evidence of pterosaurs from Australia. Our report is based on
fragmentary material from marine Lower Cretaceous sediments, of the Eromanga Basin …

The nature of the hindlimb posture and gait of pterosaurs has been controversial,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
partly because most of the pterosaur skeletons that have been found were flattened in thin …

New specimens and an analysis of the Jehol pterosaur faunae of northeastern China show
an unexpected diversity of flying reptile groups in terrestrial Cretaceous ecosystems,,,. Here …

Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to evolve flight 1, 2 and include the largest flying
animals in Earth history. 3, 4 While some of the last-surviving species were the size of …

Pterosaurs are represented in China by five genera and some isolated bones ranging in age
from the Middle Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous period,. Four of these genera belong to the …

Pterosaurs are the oldest known powered flying vertebrates. Originating in the Late Triassic,
they thrived to the end of the Cretaceous. Triassic pterosaurs are extraordinarily rare and all …

Our knowledge of the eggs and embryos of pterosaurs, the Mesozoic flying reptiles, is
sparse. Until now, the recent discovery of an ornithocheirid embryo from 121-million-year …