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Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 2003; v. 217; p. 233-266;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.217.01.14
© 2003 Geological Society of London

New specimens of Pterosauria (Reptilia) with soft parts with implications for pterosaurian anatomy and locomotion

Eberhard Frey1, Helmut Tischlinger2, Marie-Céline Buchy3 & David M. Martill4

1 Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, D-76133 Karlsruhe, Germany
2 Tannenweg 16, D-85134 Stammham, Germany
3 Universität Karlsruhe, Geologisches Institut, Postfach 6980, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany
4 School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth PO1 3QL, UK

New specimens of pterosaurs with soft-part preservation from the Solnhofen Lithographic Limestone (S Germany) and the Crato Formation (northeastern Brazil) yield hitherto unknown and unexpected details of pterosaur anatomy: the presence and internal anatomy of softtissue crests, the internal anatomy of the brachiopatagium, including a blood vessel system and structural details of foot and hand. Some consequences for pterosaurian flight, thermoregulation and aspects of evolution are discussed.





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