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functional fingers in
nyctosaurids may
suggest that they
spent almost all of
their time in the air,
rarely walking on the ground.
Nyctosaurids also possessed...
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largest nyctosaurids. Like
other nyctosaurids,
Barbaridactylus had upward-curving jaws. The only
known cervical is also
rather typical for
nyctosaurids, as...
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studies indicate a
wealth of
pterosaurian fauna,
including pteranodontids,
nyctosaurids,
tapejarids and
several indeterminate forms. In
several analyses, some...
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other forms like pteranodontids,
tapejarids (Caiuajara and Bakonydraco),
nyctosaurids and
uncertain forms (Piksi, Navajodactylus) are also present. Historically...
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forearm were
mineralized within, this is a
unique feature only seen in
nyctosaurids,
another of
which was the
related Muzquizopteryx.
Another distinctive...
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smaller fingers are clawed, with the
ungual size
varying among species. In
nyctosaurids the
forelimb digits besides the
wingfinger have been lost altogether...
- was mature. This bone was boomerang-shaped, a
condition seen in many
nyctosaurids, and to a
lesser degree in pteranodontids.
Below is a
cladogram showing...
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Geosternbergia from
Pteranodon questioned. This
clade possibly includes the
nyctosaurids.
Analyses by
David Unwin did
indicate a
close relationship between Pteranodon...
- a
possible dsungaripterid, a
possible non-azhdarchid
azhdarchoid or
nyctosaurid, or a
specimen of
Alanqa saharica.
Azhdarchidae indet. Indeterminate...
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elainus 66 Ma
Oulad Abdoun Basin,
Khouribga Province,
Morocco A tiny
Nyctosaurid from Africa. †Arambourgiania †Arambourgiania
philadelphiae 70.6–66 Ma...
