A new crested pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Spain: the first European tapejarid (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea).
<h4>Background</h4>The Tapejaridae is a group of unusual toothless pterosaurs characterized by bizarre cranial crests. From a paleoecological point of view, frugivorous feeding habits have often been suggested for one of its included clades, the Tapejarinae. So far, the presence of these...
Main Authors: | Romain Vullo, Jesús Marugán-Lobón, Alexander W A Kellner, Angela D Buscalioni, Bernard Gomez, Montserrat de la Fuente, José J Moratalla |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22802931/?tool=EBI |
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