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Pterosauria References

Contents

Overview
Pterosauria
References

Abbreviated Dendrogram

ARCHOSAURIA
|--CROCODYLOMORPHA
`--+--DINOSAUROMORPHA
   |
   `--PTEROSAURIA 
      |--Dimorphodontidae 
      `--+--Campylognathoidea 
         `--+--Rhamphorhynchoidea 
            `--Pterodactyloidea 
               |--Ornithocheiroidea 
               `--+--Ctenochasmatoidea 
                  `--+--Dsungaripteroidea 
                     `--Azhdarchoidea

References

Bennett, SC (1996), Year-classes of pterosaurs from the Solnhofen Limestone of Germany: taxonomic and systematic implications. J. Vert. Paleontol. 16: 432-444. Pterodactyloidea.

Bennett, SC (1997), Terrestrial locomotion of pterosaurs: a reconstruction based on Pteraichnus trackways. J. Vert. Paleontol. 17: 104-113. Pterodactyloidea, Pterosauria.

Hutchinson, JR & SM Gatesy (2000), Adductors, abductors, and the evolution of archosaur locomotion. Paleobiology 26: 734-751. Pterodactyloidea.

Kellner, AWA (1997), Reinterpretation of a remarkably well preserved pterosaur soft tissue from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil. J. Vert. Paleontol. 16: 718-722. Pterodactyloidea.

Kellner, AWA & W Langston, Jr. (1996), Cranial remains of Quetzalcoatlus (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from Late Cretaceous sediments of Big Bend National Park, Texas. J. Vert. Paleontol. 16: 222-231. Azhdarchoidea; Ornithocheiroidea; Pterodactyloidea.

Jones, TD, JA Ruben, LD Martin, EN Kurochkin, A Feduccia, PFA Maderson, WJ Hillenius, NR Geist, & V Alifanov (2000), Nonavian feathers in a late Triassic archosaur. Science 288: 2202-2205. Pterodactyloidea.

Novas, FE (1996), Dinosaur monophyly. J. Vert. Paleontol. 16: 723-741. Pterodactyloidea

Padian, K (1997a), Pterosauria, in Currie, PJ and K Padian (eds.), Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs Academic Press, pp. 613-617. Pterosauria.

Padian, K & M Smith (1992), New light on Late Cretaceous pterosaur material from Montana. J. Vert Paleontol. 12: 87-92. Azhdarchoidea; Ornithocheiroidea, Pterodactyloidea, Pterosauria, Rhamphorhynchoidea

Peters, D (1997), A new phylogeny for the Pterosauria. J. Vert. Paleontol. 17: 69A [abstract]. Ctenochasmatoidea, Pterodactyloidea.

Unwin, DM (1999), Pterosaurs: back to the traditional model? Tree 14: 263-268. Azhdarchoidea, Dimorphodontidae; Pterodactyloidea, Pterosauria.

Unwin, DM & NN Bakhurina (2000), Pterosaurs from Russia, Middle Asia and Mongolia, in Benton, MJ, MA Shishkin, DM Unwin & EN Kurochkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia Cambridge Univ. Press, pp. 420-433. Azhdarchoidea; Dimorphodontidae, Ornithocheiroidea; Rhamphorhynchoidea.

White, AT (2001), "What is a dinosaur?" -- the evolution of a question. Paleozoica 2001: 18-24. Pterodactyloidea.

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