New specimens of Pterosauria (Reptilia) with soft parts with implications for pterosaurian anatomy and locomotion

2003/01/01 by Eberhard Frey, Helmut Tischlinger, Marie‐Céline Buchy +1 · 20 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Ichthyology and Marine Biology

paper · doi:10.1144/gsl.sp.2003.217.01.14

openalex publication_date 2003/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11

Abstract

Abstract New specimens of pterosaurs with soft-part preservation from the Solnhofen Lithographic Limestone (S Germany) and the Crato Formation (northeastern Brazil) yield hitherto unknown and unexpected details of pterosaur anatomy: the presence and internal anatomy of softtissue crests, the internal anatomy of the brachiopatagium, including a blood vessel system and structural details of foot and hand. Some consequences for pterosaurian flight, thermoregulation and aspects of evolution are discussed.

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