Liaodactylus primus and the ecological evolution of Pterodactyloidea.

Pterosaurs are an extinct monophyletic clade of ornithodiran archosauromorph reptiles from the Late Triassic to Late Cretaceous. The group achieved high levels of morphologic and taxonomic diversity during the Mesozoic, with more than 150 species recognized so far. During their 149 million year history, the evolution of pterosaurs resulted in a variety of eco-morphological adaptations,…

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Earliest filter-feeding pterosaur from the Jurassic of China and ecological evolution of Pterodactyloidea

Earliest filter-feeding pterosaur from the Jurassic of China and ecological evolution of Pterodactyloidea

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