- term for
pterodactyloid pterosaurs,
though it can also be used to
refer to
Pterodactylus specifically. Well-known
examples of
pterodactyloids include Pterodactylus...
-
small vertebrates.
Later pterosaurs (
pterodactyloids)
evolved many sizes, shapes, and lifestyles.
Pterodactyloids had
narrower wings with free hind limbs...
-
transitional body
morphology between more
basal pterosaurs and
later pterodactyloids. The
Skiphosoura holotype specimen, LF 4157, was
discovered in 2015...
- distribution.
Azhdarchoids are
generally distinguished from
other pterodactyloids by
their relatively low arm-to-leg-length ratio,
suggesting that they...
- the
largest Dorygnathus (1.69
meters wingspan) and
smaller among non-
pterodactyloids only than a
large rhamphorhynchid specimen from
Ettling in Germany...
- the
skull are
merged into a
single fenestra. The
clade includes the
pterodactyloids and
their close relatives. The
clade Monofenestrata was in 2010 defined...
- finger", in
reference to the Tupi
thunder god) is a
genus of
tapejarid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the
Early Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Tupandactylus...
-
transitional form
between basal pterosaurs and the more
specialized pterodactyloids; for instance, its tail is
intermediate in length,
still being about...
- and
recognition of a new
cosmopolitan lineage of
Cretaceous toothed pterodactyloids",
Historical Biology, 1–15. doi:10.1080/08912963.2019.1690482 Holgado...
- five
million years older than the
oldest pterodactyloids previously discovered. A
supposedly older pterodactyloid, a
partial jaw
referred to the
group Ctenochasmatidae...
