supported by grants from the Natural Science Foundation of China (40872017,90914003);the 973 Project (2006CB701405);the Basic Outlay of Scientific Research Work from the Ministry of Science and Technology (J1003; J0703)
A new pterosaur Archaeoistiodactylus linglongtaensis gen. et sp. nov. is erected based on an incomplete skeleton with a partial skull and lower jaw. The new taxon is characterized by circular tooth sockets of anterior...
supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China(90914003);the Basic Outlay of Scientific Research Work from the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China(J0703);the National Basic Research Program of China(2006CB70145)
A new boreopterid pterosaur: Zhenyuanopterus longirostris gen. et sp. nov. from the Yixian Formation of western Liaoning is erected, based on the complete skeleton with a skull and lower jaws preserved. It is charact...
supported by grants from the National Key Basic Research and Development Program(Grant 2006CB701405);the Basic Outlay of Scientific Research Work from the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China,the Natural Science Foundation of China(40872017).
A new basal non-pterodactyloid pterosaur, Changchengopterus pani gen. et sp. nov., is erected, on the basis of a nearly complete postcranial skeleton. The new taxon is distinguished by relatively short extensions of t...
Based on a new nearly complete postcranial skeleton of an adult specimen of Sinopterus from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China, the diagnosis of Sinopterus is amended. The revised diag...
A new tapejarid pterosaur Huaxiapterus jii gen. et sp. nov. is erected based on a nearly complete skeleton with a skull. The skull morphology of Huaxiapterus jii gen. et sp. nov. appears transitional between the skull...
This work was supported by the ChineseAcademy of Sciences (Grant Nos. KZ951-B1-410 and KZCX3-J-03);the Major Basic Research Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No. G2000077700); the National Natural Science Foundation of
A well-preserved pterosaur with nearly complete skull is described from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation at Sihetun in western Liaoning. It is characterized by a low and long crestless skull, slender and pointed ...