- and Eurasia,
suggesting that they
probably had a
global distribution.
Azhdarchoids are
generally distinguished from
other pterodactyloids by
their relatively...
-
inverted egg in shape. It was
fairly low on the skull,
similar to
other azhdarchoids, like tapejarids. Like in
other pterosaurs, the
orbit was positioned...
-
recovered as
derived azhdarchoids, it is
possible that
toothloss has
occurred more often, if as an
instance of Dollo's Law
azhdarchoids should be originally...
- the wing
membranes and, in the case of lon****ctids, Tupuxuara, and
azhdarchoids, the hindlimbs.
Reptilian lungs typically receive air via
expansion and...
-
according to Wilkinson. In
derived pterodactyloids like
pteranodontians and
azhdarchoids,
metacarpals I-III are
small and do not
connect to the carpus, instead...
-
Tapejaridae (from a Tupi word
meaning "the lord of the ways") is a
family of
azhdarchoid pterosaurs from the
Cretaceous period.
Members are
currently known from...
-
Keresdrakon as the
sister taxon to
Alanqa in a
basal position among azhdarchoids. The
fossils of
Keresdrakon were
found in
direct ****ociation with the...
-
throughout the Late
Cretaceous they were
replaced by
pteranodontians and
azhdarchoids. The
Ornithocheiromorpha was
defined in 2014 by
Andres and colleagues...
- Witton, Mark P.; Arbour,
Victoria M.; Currie,
Philip J. (2016). "A
small azhdarchoid pterosaur from the
latest Cretaceous, the age of
flying giants". Royal...
-
Alanqa is a
genus of
azhdarchoid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late
Cretaceous period (Cenomanian stage) of what is now the Kem Kem
Group of southeastern...
