#pterodactyloids — Public Fediverse posts
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A #NewSpecies of flying reptile reshuffles the timeline of pterosaur evolution https://phys.org/news/2024-12-species-flying-reptile-reshuffles-timeline.html
The oldest monofenestratan #pterosaur from the Queso Rallado locality: Alexandra Fernandes et al. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.241238
"Whereas most early #pterosaurs still had rather short wings and a long tail, the derived subgroup of #pterodactyloids had slender, elongate wings and a shortened tail... The transition happened during the #Jurassic"
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A new and large ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Solnhofen region https://archosaurmusings.wordpress.com/2023/07/14/a-new-and-large-ctenochasmatid-pterosaur-from-the-solnhofen-region/
Petrodactyle wellnhoferi gen. et sp. nov.: A new and large ctenochasmatid #pterosaur from the Late #Jurassic of #Germany https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/current-in-press-articles/3878-a-new-solnhofen-pterosaur
"Please welcome #Petrodactyle wellnhoferi. Fully laid out in wingspan it’s just over 2 m so comparable (but a bit larger than) the largest known #Rhamphorhynchus and larger than any of the other #pterodactyloids in the #Solnhofen beds."