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Pterodaustro (from Gr**** pteron, 'wing' and
Latin auster, 'south') is a
genus of
ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from
South America. Its fossil...
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multiple slender teeth,
clearly well
adapted to trap prey. However, only
Pterodaustro showcases a
proper pumping mechanism,
having up-turned jaws and powerful...
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Ctenochasmatidae used
combs of
numerous needle-like
teeth for
filter feeding;
Pterodaustro could have over a
thousand bristle-like teeth.
Dsungaripteridae covered...
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These teeth are
thought to have been used for filter-feeding, the
genus Pterodaustro for example, had a long
snout and its
lower jaws
curve strongly upwards...
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evidence points to the
existence of rookery-like
colonies in the
pterosaur Pterodaustro. The term
rookery was also
borrowed as a name for
dense slum housing...
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least some
pterosaurs seemingly had gizzards. The most
notable cases are
Pterodaustro (inferred via gastroliths) and
Rhamphorhynchus (directly preserved)....
- and foot phalanx. The leg
bones were
described as
similar to
those of
Pterodaustro (from
slightly younger rocks),
except for
having an
expanded spherical...
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Unwin defined the
group as the most
recent common ancestor of
Pterodaustro guinazui and
Quetzalcoatlus northropi, and all its descendants. This...
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toothy ctenochasmatids (which
include filter-feeders like
Ctenochasma and
Pterodaustro), but this
classification is
largely obsolete.
Currently it is widely...
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Gnathosaurus Huanhepterus?
Kepodactylus Liaodactylus Lusognathus Moganopterus Otogopterus Petrodactyle?
Plataleorhynchus Pterodaustro Pterofiltrus Tacuadactylus...
