An Early Cretaceous pterosaur with an unusual mandibular crest from China and a potential novel feeding strategy

The Aptian Jiufotang Formation of northeast China is a Konservat Lagerstätte particularly rich in pterosaurs, notably azhdarchoids. Here we describe a new genus and species of toothed pteranodontoid pterosaur, Ikrandraco avatar gen. et sp. nov., based on two laterally flattened specimens. Ikrandraco...

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Autores principales: Wang, Xiaolin, Rodrigues, Taissa, Jiang, Shunxing, Cheng, Xin, Kellner, Alexander W. A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5385874/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25210867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep06329

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5385874/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25210867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep06329

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