A review of the Jurassic and Cretaceous Gondwanan pterosaur record

AH Pentland, SF Poropat - Gondwana Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The Gondwanan pterosaur record is scarce when compared with that of Laurasia and is
reviewed here. The majority of Gondwanan pterosaur remains are derived from South …

Biomechanics illuminates form–function relationships in bird bills

A Krishnan - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2023 - journals.biologists.com
The field of comparative biomechanics examines how form, mechanical properties and
environmental interactions shape the function of biological structures. Biomechanics has …

Mayfly larvae preservation from the Early Cretaceous of Brazilian Gondwana: Analogies with modern mats and other Lagerstätten

JJ Dias, I de Souza Carvalho, ÁD Buscalioni… - Gondwana …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Crato Formation paleoentomofauna is noticeable for its high abundance,
diversity and morphological fidelity, so the preservational approach of the Ephemeroptera …

[HTML][HTML] A taxonomic revision of the Sinopterus complex (Pterosauria, Tapejaridae) from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota, with the new genus Huaxiadraco

RV Pêgas, X Zhou, X Jin, K Wang, W Ma - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Tapejarids are edentulous pterosaurs particularly abundant in the Chinese Jiufotang
Formation, counting with over 10 described specimens and dozens of undescribed ones. A …

The pterosaurs of the Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of Morocco

RE Smith, N Ibrahim, N Longrich, DM Unwin… - PalZ, 2023 - Springer
The pterosaur assemblage of the mid-Cretaceous Kem Kem Group of Morocco is reviewed.
This analysis examines their taxonomy, palaeoecology and palaeobiology with comments …

Novel information on the cranial anatomy of the tapejarine pterosaur Caiuajara dobruskii

L Canejo, B Holgado, LC Weinschütz, JHZ Ricetti… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
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 …

A new wing skeleton of the Jehol tapejarid Sinopterus and its implications for ontogeny and paleoecology of the Tapejaridae

CF Zhou, D Yu, Z Zhu, B Andres - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The tapejarid pterosaurs flourished in the Jehol Biota with an abundance of immature
individuals and a rarity of individuals at skeletal maturity. Most of these individuals plot well …

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 …

A new specimen of Sinopterus dongi (Pterosauria, Tapejaridae) from the Jiufotang Formation (Early Cretaceous, China)

C Shen, RV Pêgas, C Gao, M Kundrát, L Zhang, X Wei… - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
The Tapejarinae are edentulous pterosaurs that are relatively common in Cretaceous
continental deposits in South America, North Africa, Europe, and China (mostly Early …

The topography of diet: Orientation patch count predicts diet in turtles

BK Shipps, BR Peecook… - The Anatomical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Use of quantitative morphological methods in biology has increased with the availability of
3D digital data. Rotated orientation patch count (OPCr) leverages such data to quantify the …