- Furthermore, a
rigorous analysis of
wukongopterid variation published in 2017
noted that
crests among wukongopterids were
subject to a
large amount of individual...
-
although they
commented that the
morphology was
perhaps closer to that of
wukongopterids. If
correctly identified, it
would be the
oldest pterodactyloid fossil...
-
Wukongopterus lii and
Kunpengopterus sinensis, and all of its descendants".
Wukongopterids are
characterized by a
unique combination of "primitive" and advanced...
- Furthermore, a
rigorous analysis of
wukongopterid variation published in 2017
noted that
crests among wukongopterids were
subject to a
large amount of individual...
- feet. However, only the
small anurognathid Vesperopterylus and
small wukongopterid Kunpengopterus are
known to
possess prehensile feet and
hands respectively;...
- have been insectivores.
Derived monofenestratan pterosaurs such as
wukongopterids appeared in the late
Middle Jur****ic.
Advanced short-tailed pterodactyloids...
-
phylogenetic analysis,
Archaeoistiodactylus fell in a
polytomy with
wukongopterids,
providing further support for an
affinity with the clade. The 2021...
-
study by Wang and
colleagues (2010)
noted some
similarities with the
wukongopterids, and they
tentatively placed it in that family.
Andres &
Myers (2013)...
- similar-looking
wukongopterids, and
therefore a
closer relative of
pterodactyloid pterosaurs.
Andres and
colleagues ****igned both the
wukongopterids and Pterorhynchus...
-
leading towards Pterodactyloidea,
rather than a
distinct darwinopteran or
wukongopterid grouping. A
cladogram of
their results is
shown below. Lü, J.; Unwin...
