Pterosaur phylogeny and comments on the evolutionary history of the group
- A. Kellner
- BiologyGeological Society Special Publication
- 2003
This study suggests that the most primitive taxon is the Anurognathidae, followed by Sordes and all remaining pterosaurs, and the hypothesis of rhamphorhynchoid paraphyly is confirmed, with the RhamphorHynchidae more closely related to the Pterodactyloidea than to more basal forms.
Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China
- Xiaolin Wang, A. Kellner, Zhonghe Zhou, D. Campos
- Environmental Science, GeographyNature
- 6 October 2005
Two new pterosaurs that are referred to European groups previously unknown in deposits of northeastern China are reported, showing a wide range of groups including both primitive and derived forms that are not matched by any other deposit in the world.
ON A TITANOSAURID (DINOSAURIA, SAUROPODA) VERTEBRAL COLUMN FROM THE BAURU GROUP, LATE CRETACEOUS OF BRAZIL
- D. Campos, A. Kellner, R. Bertini, R. M. Santucci
- Biology, Geography
- 2005
A new titanosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous continental deposits of the Bauru Group is described, diagnosed by a combination of characters such as elongated cervicals and middorsals, dorsal vertebrae 9 and 10 with incipient postzygodiapophyseal lamina and transverse processes well developed throughout the sequence formed by anterior and medial caudals.
A new Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem from Gondwana with the description of a new sauropod dinosaur.
- J. Calvo, Juan D. Porfiri, Bernardo J. González-Riga, A. Kellner
- Environmental Science, GeographyAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
- 1 September 2007
A unique site at the northern area of Patagonia reveals a terrestrial ecosystem preserved in a detail never reported before in a Late Cretaceous deposit, including a new titanosaur sauropod, Futalognkosaurus dukei n.gen.
Cranial remains of Quetzalcoatlus (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from Late Cretaceous sediments of Big Bend National Park, Texas
- A. Kellner, W. Langston
- Geography
- 5 June 1996
ABSTRACT Numerous remains of the azhdarchid pterosaur Quetzalcoatlus sp., have been recovered over the last twenty years from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) rocks in Big Bend National Park in…
An unusual long-tailed pterosaur with elongated neck from western Liaoning of China.
- Xiaolin Wang, A. Kellner, Shunxing Jiang, Xi Meng
- BiologyAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
- 1 December 2009
A phylogenetic analysis including most non-pterodactyloid pterosaurs shows that Wukongopterus lii gen. et sp.
A new early dinosaur (Sauropodomorpha) from the Caturrita Formation (Late Triassic), Paran Basin, Brazil
- L. A. Leal, S. Azevedo, A. Kellner, Á. A. S. Rosa
- Environmental Science, Geography
- 18 October 2004
Unaysaurus represents the first prosauropod grade dinosaur from Brazil and a preliminary phylogenetic analysis indicates it to be closely related to the European Plateosaurus (Plateosauridae).
New information on the Tapejaridae (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) and discussion of the relationships of this clade
- A. Kellner
- Geography
- 2004
Abstract. A phylogenetic analysis indicates that the Tapejaridae is a monophyletic group of pterodactyloid pterosaurs, diagnosed by the following synapomorphies: premaxillary sagittal crest that…
A Unique Late Triassic Dinosauromorph Assemblage Reveals Dinosaur Ancestral Anatomy and Diet
- S. F. Cabreira, A. Kellner, M. Langer
- Geography, Environmental ScienceCurrent Biology
- 21 November 2016
Taxonomic review of the Ornithocheirus complex (Pterosauria) from the Cretaceous of England
- Taissa Rodrigues, A. Kellner
- BiologyZooKeys
- 12 June 2013
Investigation of the primary literature confirmed that Criorhynchus should be considered an objective junior synonym of Ornithocheirus, and a cladistic analysis demonstrates that Anhangueridae lies within a newly recognized clade, here named AnHangueria, which also includes the genera Cearadactylus, Brasileodactyls, Ludodactelus, and Camposipterus.
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