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On the phylogeny and evolutionary history of pterosaurs
- D. Unwin
- Biology
- Geological Society, London, Special Publications
- 2003
Abstract Previous cladistic studies of pterosaur relationships suffer from restricted numbers of taxa and characters, incomplete data sets and absence of information on characters, tree structure and… Expand
Evidence for modular evolution in a long-tailed pterosaur with a pterodactyloid skull
- J. Lü, D. Unwin, Xingsheng Jin, Y. Liu, Q. Ji
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological…
- 7 February 2010
The fossil record is a unique source of evidence for important evolutionary phenomena such as transitions between major clades. Frustratingly, relevant fossils are still comparatively rare, most… Expand
An overview of the pterosaur assemblage from the Cambridge Greensand (Cretaceous) of Eastern England
- D. Unwin
- Biology
- 2001
Abstract. The Cambridge Greensand, a remanie deposit that crops out in Cambridgeshire, eastern England, has yielded numerous, though fragmentary, late Early Cretaceous (Albian) vertebrate fossils… Expand
An Egg-Adult Association, Gender, and Reproduction in Pterosaurs
- Jun-chang Lü, D. Unwin, D. Deeming, Xingsheng Jin, Y. Liu, Q. Ji
- Biology, Medicine
- Science
- 21 January 2011
A pterosaur fossil that includes a small, soft-shelled egg indicates a reproductive strategy like that of crocodilians. A sexually mature individual of Darwinopterus preserved together with an egg… Expand
New pterosaur tracks (Pteraichnidae) from the Late Cretaceous Uhangri Formation, southwestern Korea
- Koo-Geun Hwang, M. Huh, M. Lockley, D. Unwin, J. Wright
- Geology
- 1 October 2001
Numerous footprints of dinosaurs, pterosaurs and birds, together with arthropod tracks, have been discovered in the upper Cretaceous Uhangri Formation which crops out along the south- western… Expand
Respiratory Evolution Facilitated the Origin of Pterosaur Flight and Aerial Gigantism
- Leon P A M Claessens, P. O'Connor, D. Unwin
- Biology, Medicine
- PloS one
- 18 February 2009
Pterosaurs, enigmatic extinct Mesozoic reptiles, were the first vertebrates to achieve true flapping flight. Various lines of evidence provide strong support for highly efficient wing design,… Expand
A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China and its implications for pterosaur phylogeny and evolution
- J. Lü, D. Unwin, L. Xu, Xingliao Zhang
- Biology, Medicine
- Naturwissenschaften
- 29 May 2008
Toothless pterosaurs played a key role in broadening the taxonomic, morphological and ecological diversity of Cretaceous pterosaurs. Here we report a complete, articulated skeleton of a… Expand
On the systematic and stratigraphic significance of pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation (Jehol Group) of Liaoning, China
- D. Unwin, J. Lü, Natalie N. Bakhurina
- Geology
- 2000
Abstract. A reassessment of the systematic relationships of pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Liaoning Province, China, shows that Dendrorhynchoides should be reassigned to the… Expand
A survey of pterosaurs from the Jurassic and Cretaceous of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia
- Natalia N. Bakhurina, D. Unwin
- Geology
- 1 October 1995
Remains of pterosaurs, the dominant aerial vertebrate throughout much of the Mesozoic were, until relatively recently, almost exclusively known from marine and marginal marine sediments of western… Expand