A joint Sino-Brazilian research team led by Dr.WANG Xiaolin from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology(IVPP)of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has reported new dinosaur fossils from the Early ...
Tapejara wellnhoferi, a small azhdarchoid pterodactyloid from the Early Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brazil, provides critical information about the aerodynamic function of its spectacular head crest. The cranial c...
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 ...