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DOI | 10.1038/s41559-018-0627-y |
Caelestiventus hanseni gen. et sp nov extends the desert-dwelling pterosaur record back 65 million years | |
Britt, Brooks B.1; Dalla Vecchia, Fabio M.2; Chure, Daniel J.3; Engelmann, George F.4; Whiting, Michael F.5,6; Scheetz, Rodney D.1 | |
通讯作者 | Britt, Brooks B. |
来源期刊 | NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
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ISSN | 2397-334X |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 2期号:9页码:1386-1392 |
英文摘要 | Pterosaurs are the oldest known powered flying vertebrates. Originating in the Late Triassic, they thrived to the end of the Cretaceous. Triassic pterosaurs are extraordinarily rare and all but one specimen come from marine deposits in the Alps. A new comparatively large (wing span >150 cm) pterosaur, Caelestiventus hanseni gen. et sp. nov., from Upper Triassic desert deposits of western North America preserves delicate structural and pneumatic details not previously known in early pterosaurs, and allows a reinterpretation of crushed Triassic specimens. It shows that the earliest pterosaurs were geographically widely distributed and ecologically diverse, even living in harsh desert environments. It is the only record of desert-dwelling non-pterodactyloid pterosaurs and predates all known desert pterosaurs by more than 65 Myr. A phylogenetic analysis shows it is closely allied with Dimorphodon macronyx from the Early Jurassic of Britain. |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA ; Spain |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000442468000015 |
WOS关键词 | EXTERNAL MANDIBULAR FENESTRA ; POSTURE |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Evolutionary Biology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/211798 |
作者单位 | 1.Brigham Young Univ, Dept Geol Sci, Museum Paleontol, Provo, UT 84602 USA; 2.Inst Catala Paleontol Miquel Crusafont, Sabadell, Spain; 3.Natl Pk Serv, Dinosaur Natl Monument, Jensen, UT USA; 4.Univ Nebraska, Dept Geog & Geol, Omaha, NE 68182 USA; 5.Brigham Young Univ, Dept Biol, Provo, UT 84602 USA; 6.Brigham Young Univ, Monte L Bean Life Sci Museum, Provo, UT 84602 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Britt, Brooks B.,Dalla Vecchia, Fabio M.,Chure, Daniel J.,et al. Caelestiventus hanseni gen. et sp nov extends the desert-dwelling pterosaur record back 65 million years[J],2018,2(9):1386-1392. |
APA | Britt, Brooks B.,Dalla Vecchia, Fabio M.,Chure, Daniel J.,Engelmann, George F.,Whiting, Michael F.,&Scheetz, Rodney D..(2018).Caelestiventus hanseni gen. et sp nov extends the desert-dwelling pterosaur record back 65 million years.NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION,2(9),1386-1392. |
MLA | Britt, Brooks B.,et al."Caelestiventus hanseni gen. et sp nov extends the desert-dwelling pterosaur record back 65 million years".NATURE ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION 2.9(2018):1386-1392. |
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