The anurognathids are an enigmatic and distinctive clade of small,non-pterodactyloid pterosaurs with an unusual combination of anatomical traits in the head,neck,wings and tail.They are known from very limited remains...
This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(41872026,41688103);the China Geological Survey(DD20190008,DD20190602).
A new dsungaripterid pterosaur,Ordosipterus planignathus gen.et sp.nov.,is established on the incomplete articulated lower jaws from the Lower Cretaceous Luohandong Formation in Otog Qi,Ordos Region,Inner Mongolia,Chi...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.41272022);the Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund for the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences (No.JB1504) to Junchang Lü
Pangupterus liui gen. et sp. nov. from the Jiufotang Formation of Sihedang, Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province is erected based on a nearly complete lower jaw. It is characterized by having a total of 36 slender curved ...
financially supported by grants from the Natural Science Foundation of China (41272022, 90914003);the Basic Outlay of Scientific Research Work from the Ministry of Science and Technology (2011-SYS-02)
A new partial specimen of Zhenyuanopterus from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of Beipiao city, Liaoning Province is described. This specimen is slightly larger than half the size of the holotype. Although it is...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant No. 41272022;the Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences Grant No. J1206, J1308
Based on a new nearly naturally preserved skull and four cervical vertebrae of the pterosaur Feilongus sp. from the lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Beipiao, western Liaoning province, northeastern China, the d...
supported by Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación of the Spanish government (CGL2008-06533C03-01/02);the Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya
Pterosaur bones are for the first time reported from the Tremp Syncline (Spain) and the southern Pyrenees. They come from the Torrebilles-2 site (Isona, Lleida Province) in the upper Maastrichtian part of the Trem...
supported by grants from the Natural Science Foundation of China (90914003;40872017);the Basic Outlay of Scientific Research Work from the Ministry of Science and Technology (2011-SYS-02)
A new anurognathid pterosaur specimen from the Middle Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of Qinglong, northern Hebie Province is described. The new specimen is referred to Dendrorhynchoides, based on the general morphology...
the Palaeontology Investment Fund committee for agreeing to fund my attendance at the 3rdInternational Symposium on Pterosaurs in Beijing
The pterosaur collection at the Natural History Museum is of great historical importance. Most of the material is figured or cited, and several specimens are types or casts of types. Pterosaurs from UK localities are ...
Phylogenetic analyses of early pterosaur species are relatively new and contradictory. However, they imply a similar evolutionary history for early pterosaurs: a large divergence of all major early groups of pterosau...
In the years since the first description of a pterosaur specimen in 1784, pterosaur research has inevitably advanced considerably. However the last decade has arguably seen a much greater increase in our knowledge tha...