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Wang,Xiaolin; Kellner,Alexander W.A.; Jiang,Shunxing; Cheng,Xin; Meng,Xi; Rodrigues,Taissa. |
Two almost complete long-tailed pterosaurs from the Linglongta, Jianchang County, western Liaoning, China, are described and represent new taxa referred to the non-pterodactyloid clade Wukongopteridae. Kunpengopterus sinensis gen. et sp. nov. differs from other members of this clade mainly by the rounded posterior region of the skull, thick lacrimal process of the jugal and lack of a bony premaxillary crest. This species further shows a soft tissue crest above the frontal, a comparatively larger wing finger, and the proximal segment of the second pedal phalanx of the fifth toe shorter than in other wukongopterids. The second new species is referred to the genus Darwinopterus, D. linglongtaensis sp. nov. based on the posterior region of the skull. It... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Pterosauria; Wukongopteridae; Kunpengopterus; Darwinopterus; Liaoning; China. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652010000400024 |
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WANG,XIAOLIN; KELLNER,ALEXANDER W. A.; CHENG,XIN; JIANG,SHUNXING; WANG,QIANG; SAYÃO,JULIANA M.; RODRIGUES,TAISSA; COSTA,FABIANA R.; LI,NING; MENG,XI; ZHOU,ZHONGHE. |
The counterpart of a previously described non-pterodactyloid pterosaur with an egg revealed the presence of a second egg inside the body cavity of this gravid female. It clearly shows that pterosaurs had two functional oviducts and demonstrates that the reduction of one oviduct was not a prerequisite for developing powered flight, at least in this group. Compositional analysis of one egg suggests the lack of a hard external layer of calcium carbonate. Histological sections of one femur lack medullary bone and further demonstrate that this pterosaur reached reproductive maturity before skeletal maturity. This study shows that pterosaurs laid eggs even smaller than previously thought and had a reproductive strategy more similar to basal reptiles than to... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Pterosauria; Wukongopteridae; Reproductive Biology; Jurassic; China. |
Ano: 2015 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652015000401599 |
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