Palaeontology: Pterosaur embryo from the Early Cretaceous

@article{Wang2004PalaeontologyPE,
  title={Palaeontology: Pterosaur embryo from the Early Cretaceous},
  author={X. Wang and Z. Zhou},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2004},
  volume={429},
  pages={621-621}
}
Dinosaur embryos have been discovered all over the world, but so far no pterosaur embryos have been reported. Here we describe a Chinese fossil from the Early Cretaceous period containing an embryo that is unambiguously a pterosaur. The embryonic skeleton, which is exquisitely preserved in its egg, is associated with eggshell fragments, wing membranes and skin imprints. This discovery confirms that pterosaurs were egg-layers and sheds new light on our understanding of pterosaur development. 
View on Nature
nature.com
56 Citations
Highly Influential Citations
4
Background Citations
24
Results Citations
1

56 Citations

Citation Type

Citation Type

Palaeobiology: Argentinian unhatched pterosaur fossil
The oldest known amniotic embryos suggest viviparity in mesosaurs
Palaeontology: Pterosaur egg with a leathery shell
Palaeontology: Which Came First, the Pterosaur or the Egg?
How pterosaurs bred
Viviparity in a Triassic marine archosauromorph reptile
A New Ornithocheirid from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China
New Material of Feilongus (Reptilia: Pterosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Western Liaoning
Eggshell and Histology Provide Insight on the Life History of a Pterosaur with Two Functional Ovaries.
On the Systematic Position of Eosipterus yangi Ji et Ji, 1997 among Pterodactyloids
...
1
2
3
4
5
...

References

SHOWING 1-10 OF 11 REFERENCES
A Theropod Dinosaur Embryo and the Affinities of the Flaming Cliffs Dinosaur Eggs
Sauropod dinosaur embryos from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia
Biostratigraphy of new pterosaurs from China
The ontogeny of Pteranodon and other pterosaurs
An overview of the pterosaur assemblage from the Cambridge Greensand (Cretaceous) of Eastern England
Evolution and palaeobiology of pterosaurs
On the systematic and stratigraphic significance of pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation (Jehol Group) of Liaoning, China
On the phylogeny and evolutionary history of pterosaurs
  • D. Unwin
  • Biology
  • Geological Society, London, Special Publications
  • 2003
Dates and rates in ancient lakes: 40Ar–39Ar evidence for an Early Cretaceous age for the Jehol Group, northeast China
1H MAS NMR spectra of hydroxyl species on diatomite surface
...
1
2
...