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SUBMITTER: Zhou CF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5367317 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhou Chang-Fu CF Gao Ke-Qin KQ Yi Hongyu H Xue Jinzhuang J Li Quanguo Q Fox Richard C RC
Royal Society open science 20170201 2
Pterosaurs were a unique clade of flying reptiles that were contemporaries of dinosaurs in Mesozoic ecosystems. The Pterodactyloidea as the most species-diverse group of pterosaurs dominated the sky during Cretaceous time, but earlier phases of their evolution remain poorly known. Here, we describe a 160 Ma filter-feeding pterosaur from western Liaoning, China, representing the geologically oldest record of the Ctenochasmatidae, a group of exclusive filter feeders characterized by an elongated s ...[more]