An Unusual pterosaur specimen (pterodactyloidea, ? azhdarchoidea) from the early cretaceous Romualdo formation of Brazil, and the evolution of the pterodactyloid palate

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Autor(a) principal: Pinheiro, Felipe Lima
Data de Publicação: 2012
Outros Autores: Schultz, Cesar Leandro
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
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Resumo: A new and unusual specimen of a probable azhdarchoid pterosaur is described for the Early Cretaceous (Albian) Romualdo Formation of Brazil. The specimen consists of a palate that, although fragmentary, has a unique morphology differing from all other known pterosaurs with preservation of palatal elements. The new specimen probably indicates the presence of a yet undescribed pterodactyloid taxon for Romualdo Formation and brings new information on pterosaur diversity of this sedimentary unity. Mainly due to the rarity of pterodactyloid specimens with palate preservation, this structure has been overlooked in this clade. Here, we reassess the palatal anatomy of Pterodactyloidea, revealing an intriguing variety of morphotypes and evolutionary trends, some of them described here for the first time. The morphological disparity displayed by different pterodactyloid taxa may be further evidence of the presence of diverse feeding strategies within the clade.
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spelling Pinheiro, Felipe LimaSchultz, Cesar Leandro2021-08-13T04:37:25Z20121932-6203http://hdl.handle.net/10183/225619000930411A new and unusual specimen of a probable azhdarchoid pterosaur is described for the Early Cretaceous (Albian) Romualdo Formation of Brazil. The specimen consists of a palate that, although fragmentary, has a unique morphology differing from all other known pterosaurs with preservation of palatal elements. The new specimen probably indicates the presence of a yet undescribed pterodactyloid taxon for Romualdo Formation and brings new information on pterosaur diversity of this sedimentary unity. Mainly due to the rarity of pterodactyloid specimens with palate preservation, this structure has been overlooked in this clade. Here, we reassess the palatal anatomy of Pterodactyloidea, revealing an intriguing variety of morphotypes and evolutionary trends, some of them described here for the first time. The morphological disparity displayed by different pterodactyloid taxa may be further evidence of the presence of diverse feeding strategies within the clade.application/pdfengPlos one. San Francisco. Vol. 7, n. 11 (2012), e50088, 11 p.PaleozoologiaVertebrados fosseisPterossauroPaleontologia : CretáceoAn Unusual pterosaur specimen (pterodactyloidea, ? azhdarchoidea) from the early cretaceous Romualdo formation of Brazil, and the evolution of the pterodactyloid palateEstrangeiroinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Institucional da UFRGSinstname:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)instacron:UFRGSTEXT000930411.pdf.txt000930411.pdf.txtExtracted Texttext/plain62572http://www.lume.ufrgs.br/bitstream/10183/225619/2/000930411.pdf.txtf8a4195fe6c9d6adfba35589cd84b5b6MD52ORIGINAL000930411.pdfTexto completo (inglês)application/pdf1804114http://www.lume.ufrgs.br/bitstream/10183/225619/1/000930411.pdfd3939a491f9dc90c7631fa6b18ba9552MD5110183/2256192023-09-23 03:35:56.782136oai:www.lume.ufrgs.br:10183/225619Repositório InstitucionalPUBhttps://lume.ufrgs.br/oai/requestlume@ufrgs.bropendoar:2023-09-23T06:35:56Repositório Institucional da UFRGS - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)false
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title An Unusual pterosaur specimen (pterodactyloidea, ? azhdarchoidea) from the early cretaceous Romualdo formation of Brazil, and the evolution of the pterodactyloid palate
spellingShingle An Unusual pterosaur specimen (pterodactyloidea, ? azhdarchoidea) from the early cretaceous Romualdo formation of Brazil, and the evolution of the pterodactyloid palate
Pinheiro, Felipe Lima
Paleozoologia
Vertebrados fosseis
Pterossauro
Paleontologia : Cretáceo
title_short An Unusual pterosaur specimen (pterodactyloidea, ? azhdarchoidea) from the early cretaceous Romualdo formation of Brazil, and the evolution of the pterodactyloid palate
title_full An Unusual pterosaur specimen (pterodactyloidea, ? azhdarchoidea) from the early cretaceous Romualdo formation of Brazil, and the evolution of the pterodactyloid palate
title_fullStr An Unusual pterosaur specimen (pterodactyloidea, ? azhdarchoidea) from the early cretaceous Romualdo formation of Brazil, and the evolution of the pterodactyloid palate
title_full_unstemmed An Unusual pterosaur specimen (pterodactyloidea, ? azhdarchoidea) from the early cretaceous Romualdo formation of Brazil, and the evolution of the pterodactyloid palate
title_sort An Unusual pterosaur specimen (pterodactyloidea, ? azhdarchoidea) from the early cretaceous Romualdo formation of Brazil, and the evolution of the pterodactyloid palate
author Pinheiro, Felipe Lima
author_facet Pinheiro, Felipe Lima
Schultz, Cesar Leandro
author_role author
author2 Schultz, Cesar Leandro
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Schultz, Cesar Leandro
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Paleozoologia
Vertebrados fosseis
Pterossauro
Paleontologia : Cretáceo
topic Paleozoologia
Vertebrados fosseis
Pterossauro
Paleontologia : Cretáceo
description A new and unusual specimen of a probable azhdarchoid pterosaur is described for the Early Cretaceous (Albian) Romualdo Formation of Brazil. The specimen consists of a palate that, although fragmentary, has a unique morphology differing from all other known pterosaurs with preservation of palatal elements. The new specimen probably indicates the presence of a yet undescribed pterodactyloid taxon for Romualdo Formation and brings new information on pterosaur diversity of this sedimentary unity. Mainly due to the rarity of pterodactyloid specimens with palate preservation, this structure has been overlooked in this clade. Here, we reassess the palatal anatomy of Pterodactyloidea, revealing an intriguing variety of morphotypes and evolutionary trends, some of them described here for the first time. The morphological disparity displayed by different pterodactyloid taxa may be further evidence of the presence of diverse feeding strategies within the clade.
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