Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China

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	Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China
	Wang, XL ; Kellner, AWA ; Zhou, ZH; Campos, DD
	2005-10-06
发表期刊	NATURE
卷号	437 期号:7060 页码:875-879
文章类型	Article
摘要	New specimens and an analysis of the Jehol pterosaur faunae of northeastern China show an unexpected diversity of flying reptile groups in terrestrial Cretaceous ecosystems(1-4). Here we report two new pterosaurs that are referred to European groups previously unknown in deposits of northeastern China. Feilongus youngi, from the Yixian Formation(1,3), is closely related to the Gallodactylidae(5-6) and is distinguished by the presence of two independent sagittal crests and a protruding upper jaw. Nurhachius ignaciobritoi, from the Jiufotang Formation(2,3), has teeth formed by labiolingually compressed triangular crowns, only previously reported in Istiodactylus latidens(7) from England. With these new discoveries, the Jehol pterosaurs show a wide range of groups including both primitive and derived forms that are not matched by any other deposit in the world. The discoveries also document the turnover of pterosaur faunae, with the primitive Anurognathidae and early archaeopterodactyloids being replaced by derived pterodactyloids. Furthermore, these deposits offer an opportunity to examine the interaction and competition between birds and pterosaurs - it indicates that the avian fauna during the Lower Cretaceous ( and possibly most of the Mesozoic) dominated terrestrial, inland regions, whereas pterosaurs were more abundant in coastal areas.
WOS标题词	Science & Technology
关键词[WOS]	INNER-MONGOLIA ; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000232338600044
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/2046
专题	古低等脊椎动物研究室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacl, Dept Geol & Paleontol, Paleovertebrate Sector, BR-20940040 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 3.Museu Ciencias Terra, Dept Nacl Prod Mineral, BR-22290240 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, XL,Kellner, AWA,Zhou, ZH,et al. Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China[J]. NATURE,2005,437(7060):875-879.
APA	Wang, XL,Kellner, AWA,Zhou, ZH,&Campos, DD.(2005).Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China.NATURE,437(7060),875-879.
MLA	Wang, XL,et al."Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China".NATURE 437.7060(2005):875-879.

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