A new small-bodied azhdarchoid pterosaur from the lower cretaceous of England and its implications for pterosaur anatomy, diversity and phylogeny.

作者: Darren Naish , Martin Simpson , Gareth Dyke

DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PONE.0058451

关键词: CretaceousAptianPelvic girdleBiologyPhylogeneticsAnatomyPaleontologyZoology

摘要: Background Pterosaurs have been known from the Cretaceous sediments of Isle Wight (southern England, United Kingdom) since 1870. We describe three-dimensional pelvic girdle and associated vertebrae a small near-adult pterodactyloid Atherfield Clay Formation (lower Aptian, Lower Cretaceous). Despite acknowledged variation in pterosaur pelvis, previous studies not adequately sampled or incorporated characters into phylogenetic analyses.

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