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    New Perspectives on Pterosaur Palaeobiology (2018)
    London : Geological Society
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    Call number: 9/M 07.0421(455)
    In: Geological Society Special Publication
    Description / Table of Contents: Pterosaurs, the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight, are undergoing a long-running scientific renaissance that has seen sustained, and even elevated interest, from several generations of palaeontologists. These incredible reptiles are known from every continent, flew the Mesozoic skies for at least 160 million years, diversified into more than a dozen major clades and well over 100 species, and included the largest flying animals of all time. This volume brings together leading pterosaur researchers from around the globe to discuss new and cutting-edge research into various aspects of pterosaur palaeobiology and presents diverse papers to deliver new insights on flying reptile palaeoecology, flight, ontogeny, skeletal and soft-tissue anatomy, temporal and spatial distribution and evolution, as well as revisions of their taxonomy and interrelationships.
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    Pages: 238 Seiten , Illustrationen
    ISBN: 9781786203175
    Series Statement: Geological Society Special Publication 455
    URL: http://sp.lyellcollection.org/content/455/1
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    Language: English
    Note: New perspectives on pterosaur palaeobiology , Pterosaurs in Mesozoic food webs: a review of fossil evidence , Using three-dimensional, digital models of pterosaur skulls for the investigation of their relative bite forces and feeding styles , Pelvic musculature of Vectidraco daisymorrisae and consequences for pterosaur locomotion , Inferring the properties of the pterosaur wing membrane , Waves of bone deposition on the rostrum of the pterosaur Pteranodon , Neonate morphology and development in pterosaurs: evidence from a Ctenochasmatid embryo from the Early Cretaceous of Argentina , Short note on a new anurognathid pterosaur with evidence of perching behaviour from Jianchang of Liaoning Province, China , Pterosaur material from the uppermost Jurassic of the uppermost Morrison Formation, Breakfast Bench Facies, Como Bluff, Wyoming, including a pterosaur with pneumatized femora , The taxonomy and phylogeny of Diopecephalus kochi (Wagner, 1837) and ‘Germanodactylus rhamphastinus’ (Wagner, 1851) , A taxonomic revision of Noripterus complicidens and Asian members of the Dsungaripteridae , Topotype specimens probably attributable to the giant azhdarchid pterosaur Arambourgiania philadelphiae (Arambourg 1959) , The pterosaur assemblage of the Oxford Clay Formation (Jurassic, Callovian–Oxfordian) from the UK , Systematic reassessment of the first Jurassic pterosaur from Thailand , A large pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone of Utah , Cervical vertebrae of an enigmatic pterosaur from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Araripe Basin, NE Brazil) , A wing metacarpal from Italy and its implications for latest Cretaceous pterosaur diversity , A new pterosaur specimen from the Upper Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation (Cretaceous, Valanginian) of southern England and a review of Lonchodectes sagittirostris (Owen 1874) , Online version
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    Systematic reassessment of the first Jurassic pterosaur from Thailand (2017)
    Geological Society (of London)
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    Publication Date: 2017-09-30
    Description: A pterosaur humerus (PRC 64) from the Upper Jurassic of Thailand was initially assigned to the Azhdarchoidea, an important clade of edentulous Cretaceous pterodactyloid pterosaurs. Here it is reassigned, on the basis of morphological comparisons and a phylogenetic analysis, to the Rhamphorhynchidae, a widely distributed clade of small to medium-sized seemingly piscivorous basal pterosaurs. This record extends the geographical range of rhamphorhynchids and confirms recent findings that these pterosaurs inhabited continental as well as marginal marine ecosystems.
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    Semiaquatic adaptations in a giant predatory dinosaur (2014)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 2014-09-13
    Description: We describe adaptations for a semiaquatic lifestyle in the dinosaur Spinosaurus aegyptiacus. These adaptations include retraction of the fleshy nostrils to a position near the mid-region of the skull and an elongate neck and trunk that shift the center of body mass anterior to the knee joint. Unlike terrestrial theropods, the pelvic girdle is downsized, the hindlimbs are short, and all of the limb bones are solid without an open medullary cavity, for buoyancy control in water. The short, robust femur with hypertrophied flexor attachment and the low, flat-bottomed pedal claws are consistent with aquatic foot-propelled locomotion. Surface striations and bone microstructure suggest that the dorsal "sail" may have been enveloped in skin that functioned primarily for display on land and in water.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Ibrahim, Nizar -- Sereno, Paul C -- Dal Sasso, Cristiano -- Maganuco, Simone -- Fabbri, Matteo -- Martill, David M -- Zouhri, Samir -- Myhrvold, Nathan -- Iurino, Dawid A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2014 Sep 26;345(6204):1613-6. doi: 10.1126/science.1258750. Epub 2014 Sep 11.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. nibrahim@uchicago.edu. ; Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. ; Museo di Storia Naturale di Milano, Corso Venezia 55, 20121 Milan, Italy. ; School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Queen's Road, Bristol, BS8 1RJ, UK. ; School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, PO1 3QL, UK. ; Laboratoire de Geosciences, Faculte des Sciences Ain Chock, Universite Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco. ; Intellectual Ventures, 3150 139th Avenue Southeast, Bellevue, WA 98005, USA. ; Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Sapienza Universita di Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25213375" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: *Adaptation, Physiological ; Animals ; Bone and Bones/anatomy & histology/physiology/ultrastructure ; Dinosaurs/*anatomy & histology/*physiology ; Femur/anatomy & histology/physiology ; Food Chain ; Hindlimb/anatomy & histology/physiology ; *Swimming ; Tail/anatomy & histology/physiology ; Water
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
    Electronic ISSN: 1095-9203
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    EVOLUTION. A four-legged snake from the Early Cretaceous of Gondwana (2015)
    American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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    Publication Date: 2015-07-25
    Description: Snakes are a remarkably diverse and successful group today, but their evolutionary origins are obscure. The discovery of snakes with two legs has shed light on the transition from lizards to snakes, but no snake has been described with four limbs, and the ecology of early snakes is poorly known. We describe a four-limbed snake from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Crato Formation of Brazil. The snake has a serpentiform body plan with an elongate trunk, short tail, and large ventral scales suggesting characteristic serpentine locomotion, yet retains small prehensile limbs. Skull and body proportions as well as reduced neural spines indicate fossorial adaptation, suggesting that snakes evolved from burrowing rather than marine ancestors. Hooked teeth, an intramandibular joint, a flexible spine capable of constricting prey, and the presence of vertebrate remains in the guts indicate that this species preyed on vertebrates and that snakes made the transition to carnivory early in their history. The structure of the limbs suggests that they were adapted for grasping, either to seize prey or as claspers during mating. Together with a diverse fauna of basal snakes from the Cretaceous of South America, Africa, and India, this snake suggests that crown Serpentes originated in Gondwana.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Martill, David M -- Tischlinger, Helmut -- Longrich, Nicholas R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2015 Jul 24;349(6246):416-9. doi: 10.1126/science.aaa9208.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 3QL, UK. ; Tannenweg 16, 85134 Stammham, Germany. ; Department of Biology and Biochemistry and Milner Centre for Evolution, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26206932" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Africa ; Animals ; *Biological Evolution ; Brazil ; Extinction, Biological ; Extremities/*anatomy & histology ; Fossils ; India ; Lizards/*anatomy & histology ; Phylogeny ; Skull/anatomy & histology ; Snakes/*anatomy & histology/*classification ; South America ; Spine/anatomy & histology ; Tooth/anatomy & histology
    Print ISSN: 0036-8075
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Computer Science , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
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    Dispersal via whale bones (1991)
    [s.l.] : Nature Publishing Group
    Nature 351 (1991), S. 193-193 
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    ISSN: 1476-4687
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
    Notes: [Auszug] SIR - Smith et al.1 reported the occurrence of chemosynthetic invertebrates, especially molluscs, associated with whale bones on the Pacific Ocean floor. More recently, Squires et al.2 have given an account of fossil whale carcasses from Oligocene deep-water sedi-ments also associated with ...
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/351193a0
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    The taxonomy and phylogeny of Diopecephalus kochi (Wagner, 1837) and 'Germanodactylus rhamphastinus (Wagner, 1851) (2017)
    Geological Society (of London)
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    Publication Date: 2017-09-30
    Description: The Solnhofen pterosaurs Pterodactylus antiquus , Aerodactylus scolopaciceps , Diopecephalus kochi , Germanodactylus cristatus and Germanodactylus rhamphastinus all have complicated taxonomic histories. Species originally placed in the genus Pterodactylus , such as Aerodactylus scolopaciceps , Ardeadactylus longicollum , Cycnorhamphus suevicus and Germanodactylus cristatus possess apomorphies not observed in the type species of Pterodactylus , and consequently have been placed in new genera. The affinities of another Solnhofen pterosaur previously placed in Pterodactylus , Diopecephalus kochi , are less clear. It has been proposed that D. kochi is a juvenile specimen of Pterodactylus antiquus , or perhaps ‘ Germanodactylus rhamphastinus ’ specimens are mature examples of D. kochi . Furthermore, studies have suggested that ‘ Germanodactylus rhamphastinus ’ is not congeneric with the type species of Germanodactylus. Geometric morphometric analysis of prepubes and a cladistic analysis of the Pterosauria elucidate plesiomorphic and apomorphic conditions for basal Jurassic pterodactyloids. Germanodactylus is found to be a monotypic genus and Pterodactylus , Diopecephalus , and ‘ G. rhamphastinus ’ are found as distinct taxa belonging in individual genera, diagnosable using a combination of characters. Thus, Diopecephalus kochi is not demonstrated to be congeneric with Germanodactylus or Pterodactylus and is maintained as a valid taxon. ‘ G. rhamphastinus ’ is readily distinguishable from other Solnhofen pterosaur taxa, and a new genus is erected for its reception. Supplementary material: Technical details of the mechanical theory behind this article are available at https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3809401.v1
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    New perspectives on pterosaur palaeobiology (2017)
    Geological Society (of London)
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    Publication Date: 2017-11-23
    Description: Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight and occupied the skies of the Mesozoic for 160 million years. They occurred on every continent, evolved their incredible proportions and anatomy into well over 100 species, and included the largest flying animals of all time among their ranks. Pterosaurs are undergoing a long-running scientific renaissance that has seen elevated interest from a new generation of palaeontologists, contributions from scientists working all over the world and major advances in our understanding of their palaeobiology. They have especially benefited from the application of new investigative techniques applied to historical specimens and the discovery of new material, including detailed insights into their fragile skeletons and their soft tissue anatomy. Many aspects of pterosaur science remain controversial, mainly due to the investigative challenges presented by their fragmentary, fragile fossils and notoriously patchy fossil record. With perseverance, these controversies are being resolved and our understanding of flying reptiles is increasing. This volume brings together a diverse set of papers on numerous aspects of the biology of these fascinating reptiles, including discussions of pterosaur ecology, flight, ontogeny, bony and soft tissue anatomy, distribution and evolution, as well as revisions of their taxonomy and relationships.
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    A new pterosaur specimen from the Upper Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation (Cretaceous, Valanginian) of southern England and a review of Lonchodectes sagittirostris (Owen 1874) (2017)
    Geological Society (of London)
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    Publication Date: 2017-02-24
    Description: A specimen of a pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Upper Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian) of Bexhill, East Sussex, southern England is described. It comprises a small fragment of jaw with teeth, a partial vertebral column and associated incomplete wing bones. The juxtaposition of the bones suggests that the specimen was originally more complete and articulated. Its precise phylogenetic relationships are uncertain but it represents an indeterminate lonchodectid with affinities to Lonchodectes sagittirostris (Owen 1874) which is reviewed here, and may belong in Lonchodraco Rodrigues & Kellner 2013. This specimen is only the third record of pterosaurs from this formation.
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    Topotype specimens probably attributable to the giant azhdarchid pterosaur Arambourgiania philadelphiae (Arambourg 1959) (2017)
    Geological Society (of London)
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    Publication Date: 2017-02-24
    Description: Six specimens accessioned to the Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology in Munich, Germany, in 1966 are identified as coming from a gigantic pterodactyloid pterosaur. The previously undescribed material was obtained in 1955 by Jean Otto Haas and compares favourably in size with the type specimen of the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) azhdarchid pterosaur Arambourgiania philadelphiae (Arambourg 1959) from the same locality/region. The material represents fragments of two cervical vertebrae, a neural arch, a left femur, a ?radius, and a metacarpal IV and bones of problematic identity, and does not duplicate the type material of Arambourgiania . The timing of its collection and its locality of Ruseifa, Jordan suggest it might pertain to the same individual as the holotype.
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    Evidence for photic-zone euxinia in the Early Albian Santana Formation (Araripe Basin, NE Brazil) (2008)
    Wiley
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    Publication Date: 2008-10-01
    Print ISSN: 0954-4879
    Electronic ISSN: 1365-3121
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