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On the osteology of Tapejara wellnhoferi KELLNER 1989 and the first occurrence of a multiple specimen assemblage from the Santana Formation, Araripe Basin, NE-Brazil
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The partial preservation of the endocranial cavity allows for a reconstruction of the tapejarid brain, where despite a small orbit with respect to skull size, the presence of large flocculi and ocular lobes indicate that Tapejara possessed both excellent balancing and visual systems as a consequence of its aerial lifestyle.
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A new ornithocheirid, Barbosaniagracilirostris gen. et sp. nov. (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Santana Formation (Cretaceous) of NE Brazil
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An almost complete, ornithocheirid pterosaur from the Romulado Member of the Santana Formation, NE Brazil is described, confirming the absence of a crest as a genuine condition rather than a consequence of ontogenetic immaturity and indicating a shift from the previously observed pattern of suture closure in pterodactyloid pterosaurs.
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The Extent of the Pterosaur Flight Membrane
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It is strongly suggested that the trailing edge of the wing extended down to the lower leg or ankle in all specimens where the brachiopatagium is completely preserved, and is thus likely to have been universally present throughout the Pterosauria.
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Palaeobiology, Morphology, and Flight Characteristics of Pterodactyloid Pterosaurs
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The “crocodilian-like” sequence of suture closure between the neural arches and vertebral bodies of the thoracic vertebrae is confirmed within the azhdarchoid pterosaurs, indicating that the developmental timing between the Azhdarchoidea and Ornithocheiroidea did not significantly differ.
Pneumatization of an immature azhdarchoid pterosaur
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Breathing in a box: Constraints on lung ventilation in giant pterosaurs
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Comparisons with modes of lung ventilation in extant amniotes suggests that the stiffened thorax, coupled with mobile gastralia and prepubic bones, may be most consistent with an extracostal mechanism for lung breathing in large pterodactyloids, perhaps similar to a crocodile‐like visceral displacement system.
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Aerodynamic characters of the cranial crest in Pteranodon
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A new specimen of the azhdarchoid pterosaur Tapejara wellnhoferi
A new specimen of the Early Cretaceous azhdarchoid Tapejara wellnhoferi is described from the Romualdo Member of the Santana Formation, NE Brazil, providing the first detailed account of the…
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A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Lebanon
A new pterosaur, Microtuban altivolans gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Sannine Formation of northern Lebanon. The specimen is the first pterosaur from the Early Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous)…
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A Nearly Complete Ornithocheirid Pterosaur from the Aptian (Early Cretaceous) Crato Formation of NE Brazil
A partial ornithocheirid, representing a rare example of a pterosaurian body fossil from the Nova Olinda Member of the Crato Formation, NE Brazil, is described from the collections of the State…
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