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Enigmatic dinosaur precursors bridge the gap to the origin of Pterosauria

Ezcurra, Martín D. ; Nesbitt, Sterling J. ; Bronzati, Mario ; Vecchia, Fabio Marco Dalla ; Agnolin, Federico L. ; Benson, Roger B. J. ; Egli, Federico Brissón ; Cabreira, Sergio F. ; Evers, Serjoscha W. ; Gentil, Adriel R. ; Irmis, Randall B. ; Martinelli, Agustín G. ; Novas, Fernando E. ; Silva, Lúcio Roberto da ; Smith, Nathan D. ; Stocker, Michelle R. ; Turner, Alan H. ; Langer, Max C.

In: Nature, 2020, vol. 588, no. 2020-7838, p. 445–449

Pterosaurs were the first vertebrates to evolve powered flight1 and comprised one of the main evolutionary radiations in terrestrial ecosystems of the Mesozoic era (approximately 252–66 million years ago), but their origin has remained an unresolved enigma in palaeontology since the nineteenth century2,3,4. These flying reptiles have been hypothesized to be the close relatives of a wide...

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Dinosaur lactation ?

Else, Paul L.

In: Journal of experimental biology, 2013, vol. 216, p. 1-5

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Sexual dimorphism in dinosaurs

Chapman, Ralph E.

In: Dinofest International, 1997, p. 83-93

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First record of a pterosaur landing trackway

Mazin, Jean-Michel ; Billon-Bruyat, Jean-Paul ; Padian, Kevin

In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2009, vol. 276, p. 3881-3886

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Dinosaur diversity analysed by clade, age, place and year of description

Taylor, Michael P.

In: 9th [Ninth] Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems, 2006, p. 134-138