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Pterosaur from the latest cretaceous of west Texas: discovery of the largest flying creature.

Abstract

Three partial skeletons of a large pterosaur have been found in the latest Cretaceous nonmarine rock of West Texas. This flying reptile had thin, elongate, perhaps toothless jaws and a long neck similar to Pterodaustro and Pterodactylus. With an estimated wingspan of 15.5 meters, it is undoutbtedly the largest flying creature presently known.

Entities: Disease

Year: 1975 PMID： 17745279 DOI： 10.1126/science.187.4180.947

Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN： 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728

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Authors: Matthew T Wilkinson; David M Unwin; Charles P Ellington
Journal: Proc Biol Sci Date: 2006-01-07 Impact factor: 5.349

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Authors: Xiaolin Wang; Alexander W A Kellner; Zhonghe Zhou; Diogenes de Almeida Campos
Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Date: 2008-02-11 Impact factor: 11.205

3. Review of taxonomy, geographic distribution, and paleoenvironments of Azhdarchidae (Pterosauria).

Authors: Alexander Averianov
Journal: Zookeys Date: 2014-08-11 Impact factor: 1.546

4. On the size and flight diversity of giant pterosaurs, the use of birds as pterosaur analogues and comments on pterosaur flightlessness.

Authors: Mark P Witton; Michael B Habib
Journal: PLoS One Date: 2010-11-15 Impact factor: 3.240

Pterosaur from the latest cretaceous of west Texas: discovery of the largest flying creature.

1. High lift function of the pteroid bone and forewing of pterosaurs.

2. Discovery of a rare arboreal forest-dwelling flying reptile (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from China.

3. Review of taxonomy, geographic distribution, and paleoenvironments of Azhdarchidae (Pterosauria).

4. On the size and flight diversity of giant pterosaurs, the use of birds as pterosaur analogues and comments on pterosaur flightlessness.

5. Helically arranged cross struts in azhdarchid pterosaur cervical vertebrae and their biomechanical implications.

6. Intra-guild competition and its implications for one of the biggest terrestrial predators, Tyrannosaurus rex.

7. Did pterosaurs feed by skimming? Physical modelling and anatomical evaluation of an unusual feeding method.

8. Scaling of soaring seabirds and implications for flight abilities of giant pterosaurs.

9. A reappraisal of azhdarchid pterosaur functional morphology and paleoecology.

10. Competition and constraint drove Cope's rule in the evolution of giant flying reptiles.