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Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 2003; v. 217; p. 65-72;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.217.01.06
© 2003 Geological Society of London

A new species of tapejarid pterosaur with soft-tissue head crest

Eberhard Frey1, David M. Martill2 & Marie-Céline Buchy3

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

Two specimens of a tapejarid pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae) are described as representing a new species. Both specimens show evidence for soft tissues preserved in association with a sagittal bony cranial crest. Both specimens are from the Nova Olinda Member Konservat Lagerstätte of the Crato Formation of the Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil. They represent the second tapejarid species from this formation. Comparisons are made with other crested pterosaurs and comments on the utility and aerodynamics of pterosaurian head crests are made.





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