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Ya-Dong Wu, Jin-Hui Yang, Jin-Feng Sun, Hao Wang, Bao-Quan Zhou, Lei Xu, Bin Wu
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Paleontology
Jhonatan Alarcon-Munoz, Rodrigo A. Otero, Sergio Soto-Acuna, Alexander O. Vargas, Jennyfer Rojas, Osvaldo Rojas
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ACTA PALAEONTOLOGICA POLONICA
(2021)
Review
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Adele H. Pentland, Stephen F. Poropat
Summary: The Gondwanan pterosaur record is relatively scarce, with most of the remains found in South America. The South American pterosaur assemblage is the most diverse in Gondwana, including several lineages such as Raeticodactylidae, Rhamphorhynchoidea, Darwinoptera, Ctenochasmatidae, Gnathosaurinae, Nyctosauridae, Ornithocheiridae, Tapejaridae, Thalassodromidae, Dsungaripteridae, Chaoyangopteridae, and Azhdarchidae.
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Matias Soto, Felipe Montenegro, Pablo Torino, Valeria Mesa, Daniel Perea
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Xinneng Lian, Chenyang Cai, Diying Huang
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Yizhi Xu, Shunxing Jiang, Xiaolin Wang
Summary: This study reports a new Istiodactylidae pterosaur from the Jiufotang Formation in northeastern China, named Lingyuanopterus camposi. It is distinguished from other Istiodactylidae by several characteristics and the presence of helical jaw joints. The findings not only have important implications for the classification and feeding strategies of Istiodactylidae, but also suggest a similarity between the pterosaur assemblages of northeastern China and Britain during the Early Cretaceous.
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Hebert Bruno Nascimento Campos
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Andrew A. Farke
Summary: During the Late Cretaceous, a large pterosaur bone tentatively identified as an ulna was found in the Kaiparowits Formation in southern Utah, indicating a comparatively large individual with an estimated wingspan between 4.3 and 5.9 m. This discovery suggests that relatively large pterosaurs occurred in terrestrial ecosystems in both the northern and southern parts of Laramidia during the late Campanian.
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Geology
Lida Xing, Martin G. Lockley, Zikun Jiang, Hendrik Klein, W. Scott Persons, Peifu Zhang, Xiaoqiao Wan
Summary: Sauropod tracks, especially those attributed to Brontopodus, are increasingly recognized in the Jurassic and Cretaceous of China. Variations in manus rotation angles can be useful in distinguishing morphotypes and diagnostic gaits in sauropod ichnology, with some distinct differences observed in different regions. The tracks from the Tuchengzi Formation provide a valuable basis for future discussions on the ichnotaxonomy of sauropod trackways.
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Masanori Ozeki, David M. Unwin, Phil R. Bell, Daqing Li, Lida Xing
Summary: This paragraph introduces a newly discovered ornithocheiroid pterosaur from the Yixian Formation of China, representing the oldest occurrence of its group and providing new information on its anatomy and paleobiology.
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(2023)
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