- Pterosaurs: From Deep Time by
David Unwin, and in some
formal studies.
Rhamphorhynchoids were the
first pterosaurs to have appeared, in the late Tri****ic Period...
- Jur****ic Period, and
differ from the
basal (though paraphyletic)
rhamphorhynchoids by
their short tails and long wing
metacarpals (hand bones). The most...
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Basal pterosaurs (also
called 'non-pterodactyloid pterosaurs' or '
rhamphorhynchoids') were
smaller animals with
fully toothed jaws and, typically, long...
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While they had long
tails and
other features characteristic of
other "
rhamphorhynchoids", they also had
distinct pterodactyloid features, such as long vertebrae...
- PMID 39035160. So, K. S.; Kim, P. H.; Won, C. G. (2024). "First
Articulated Rhamphorhynchoid Pterosaur from the
Early Cretaceous of the
Democratic People's Republic...
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meters (5.7 ft). The
skull of
Sericipterus is
similar to
those of the "
rhamphorhynchoids" (i.e.
basal pterosaurs)
Angustinaripterus and Harpactognathus. It...
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While it had a long tail and
other features characteristic of the '
rhamphorhynchoids', it also had
distinct pterodactyloid features, such as long vertebrae...
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short tail, a
feature seen in
other anurognathids but
unusual for "
rhamphorhynchoid" (i.e. basal)
pterosaurs that
typically have a long tail. Wang et al...
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Anurognathus was
similar to the
pygostyle of
modern birds. Its more
typical "
rhamphorhynchoid"
characters include its
elongated fifth toe and
short metacarpals and...
- and
stopped growing.
Previous ****umptions of
rapid growth rate in
rhamphorhynchoids were
based on the ****umption that they
needed to be warm-blooded to...
