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Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China | |
Wang, XL; Kellner, AWA; Zhou, ZH(周忠和); Campos, DD; Wang, XL (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, POB 643, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China. | |
2005 | |
发表期刊 | NATURE |
ISSN | 0028-0836 |
卷号 | 437期号:7060页码:875—879 |
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. |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/3505 |
专题 | 中科院古脊椎所(2000年以后) 古低等脊椎动物研究室 |
通讯作者 | Wang, XL (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, POB 643, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China. |
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,&Wang, XL .(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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