Pterosaur - Wikipedia
Pterosaur bones were hollow and air-filled, like those of birds. This provided a higher muscle attachment surface for a given skeletal weight. The bone walls were often paper-thin.
Anatomy - Pterosaur.net
Skeleton. The skeletons of pterosaurs are our primary evidence into their structure and lifestyle. Most specimens are known only from skeletal material, though a few have some soft tissue impressions (mostly in the form of crests and wings).
'A gorgeous skeleton': Scientists unearth a near-complete pterosaur …
The near-complete fossil — Brusatte said around 70 percent of the skeleton was found locked up in the rock — is the best-preserved pterosaur found in Scotland.
Near-Complete Pterosaur Skeleton Obtained in Police Raid …
2021年8月27日 · Among the fossils were six slabs featuring a near-complete skeleton of a now-extinct, winged reptile, Tupandactylus navigans.
Fossil of 170-million-year-old flying reptile unearthed in Scotland …
2022年2月23日 · The fossil of a 170-million-year-old pterosaur, described as the world's best-preserved skeleton of the prehistoric winged reptile, has been found on the Isle of Skye in Scotland,...
Palaeohistology of the bones of pterosaurs (Reptilia: Archosauria ...
2008年6月28日 · Pterosaurs show a great variety of histologic features that include articular calcified cartilage, sub-chondral bone plates, trabecular bone struts and related internal supports, and secondary deposition and remodeling of bone.
Stunning fossil seized in police raid reveals prehistoric flying ...
2021年8月25日 · Entombed in limestone blocks, the newly studied fossil is the first nearly complete skeleton of a pterosaur species that was first described in 2003. Hidden in barrels and loaded on trucks,...
Fossil of largest Jurassic pterosaur found on Skye - BBC News
2022年2月22日 · Those studies, published in the journal Current Biology, show the flying lizard had a 2.5m (8ft) wingspan. Diagram of the pterosaur skeleton. The research, led by PhD …
Pterosaurs: Current Biology - Cell Press
2021年8月23日 · First, they lightened their skeleton, either by increasing fenestration (large openings in the bones) or through pneumatisation (hollow bones with thin walls). Pterosaur bones have the thinnest walls of any tetrapods — in some specimens, thinner than a sheet of paper.
A skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland illuminates an …
2022年3月28日 · Jagielska et al. report a fossil pterosaur skeleton from the Middle Jurassic (ca. 167 million years ago) of Scotland, belonging to a new genus and species, Dearc sgiathanach. With a wingspan of over 2.5 m, it was the size of the largest modern-day flying birds and shows that pterosaurs developed to a large size earlier than previously thought.
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