First pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Huajiying Formation of the Jehol Biota, northern Hebei Province, China: insights on the pedal diversity of Pterodactyloidea

doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2079085

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	First pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Huajiying Formation of the Jehol Biota, northern Hebei Province, China: insights on the pedal diversity of Pterodactyloidea
	Zhou, Chang-Fu 1; Zhu, Ziheng 1; Chen, Jianye 2
	2022-05-22
发表期刊	HISTORICAL BIOLOGY
ISSN	0891-2963
页码	7
通讯作者	Zhou, Chang-Fu(zhoucf528@163.com) ; Chen, Jianye(chenjianye@ivpp.ac.cn)
摘要	As the lowest horizon of the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota, the Huajiying Formation of the northern Hebei Province, China is rich with avians and feathered dinosaurs, but lacks pterosaur record. Here the first pterosaur fossil is reported from the Huajiying Formation. The new pterosaur specimen is characterised by an unusual pedal configuration of a short and spread metatarsus with elongate digits, showing a close resemblance to the dentulous Ornithocheiroidea. The pedal configuration is diverse in pterosaurs, and is often associated with ecological adaptations. In contrast to the general pattern of the elongate metatarsus and short digits, the elongate digits of the dentulous ornithocheiroids (e.g., boreopterids and istiodactylids) might offset the shortened metatarsus to enlarge the pedal surface for paddling, representing a new strategy in adaptation to the aquatic environment.
关键词	Jehol Biota Early Cretaceous Huajiying Formation Ornithocheiroidea pedal diversity
DOI	10.1080/08912963.2022.2079085
关键词[WOS]	YIXIAN FORMATION ; LIAONING PROVINCE ; DISCOVERY
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
资助项目	Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong Province[tsqn201812070] ; Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation[ZR2017MD031] ; Program for Innovative Research Team of Excellent Talents in University of Shandong Province[2019KJH004] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[42161134003]
项目资助者	Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong Province ; Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation ; Program for Innovative Research Team of Excellent Talents in University of Shandong Province ; National Natural Science Foundation of China
WOS研究方向	Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics ; Paleontology
WOS类目	Biology ; Paleontology
WOS记录号	WOS:000801002300001
出版者	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/21630
专题	中科院古脊椎所（2000年以后）
通讯作者	Zhou, Chang-Fu; Chen, Jianye
作者单位	1.Shandong Univ Sci & Technol, Coll Earth Sci & Engn, Qingdao 266570, Shandong, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhou, Chang-Fu,Zhu, Ziheng,Chen, Jianye. First pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Huajiying Formation of the Jehol Biota, northern Hebei Province, China: insights on the pedal diversity of Pterodactyloidea[J]. HISTORICAL BIOLOGY,2022:7.
APA	Zhou, Chang-Fu,Zhu, Ziheng,&Chen, Jianye.(2022).First pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Huajiying Formation of the Jehol Biota, northern Hebei Province, China: insights on the pedal diversity of Pterodactyloidea.HISTORICAL BIOLOGY,7.
MLA	Zhou, Chang-Fu,et al."First pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Huajiying Formation of the Jehol Biota, northern Hebei Province, China: insights on the pedal diversity of Pterodactyloidea".HISTORICAL BIOLOGY (2022):7.