An Early Cretaceous pterosaur with an unusual mandibular crest from China and a potential novel feeding strategy

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	An Early Cretaceous pterosaur with an unusual mandibular crest from China and a potential novel feeding strategy
	Wang, Xiaolin 1; Rodrigues, Taissa 2; Jiang, Shunxing 1,3; Cheng, Xin 1,3,4; Kellner, Alexander W. A.4; Wang, XL(汪筱林) (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, POB 643, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China.
	2014-09-11
发表期刊	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
ISSN	2045-2322
卷号	4 期号:4 页码:4
文章类型	Article
摘要	The Aptian Jiufotang Formation of northeast China is a Konservat Lagerstatte particularly rich in pterosaurs, notably azhdarchoids. Here we describe a new genus and species of toothed pteranodontoid pterosaur, Ikrandraco avatar gen. et sp. nov., based on two laterally flattened specimens. Ikrandraco avatar is diagnosed by a suite of features, including a very low and elongate skull, strongly inclined quadrate, and a deep, blade-like bony mandibular crest with a hook-like process on its posterior edge, an unusual structure so far unique to this taxon. The particular skull shape hints at a distinct feeding habit for pterosaurs that potentially includes temporary skimming and an extensible skin acting as a throat pouch that was more developed than in any other pterosaur known so far. The presence of two other taxa of purported piscivorous pterosaurs in the Jiufotang Formation suggests distinct resource exploitation in this part of China during the Early Cretaceous.
WOS标题词	Science & Technology
关键词[WOS]	SEXUAL SELECTION ; NORTHEASTERN CHINA ; ROMUALDO FORMATION ; FLYING REPTILE ; CRANIAL CREST ; PTERODACTYLOIDEA ; EVOLUTION ; BRAZIL ; DIVERSITY
收录类别	SCI
语种	英语
项目资助者	National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars [40825005]; National key Basic Research Program of China [2012CB821900]; Hundred Talents Project of CAS; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico and Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Espirito Santo (CNPq/FAPES) [52986870/2011]; Fundacao Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) [E-26/102.737/2012]; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) [304780/2013-8]
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000341934500003
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/5132
专题	古低等脊椎动物研究室
通讯作者	Wang, XL(汪筱林) (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, POB 643, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China.
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China 2.Univ Fed Espirito Santo, Agr Sci Ctr, Dept Biol, Alegre 29500000, Essex, England 3.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 4.Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacl, Dept Geol & Paleontol, Lab Syst & Taphon Fossil Vertebrates, BR-20940040 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Xiaolin,Rodrigues, Taissa,Jiang, Shunxing,et al. An Early Cretaceous pterosaur with an unusual mandibular crest from China and a potential novel feeding strategy[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2014,4(4):4.
APA	Wang, Xiaolin,Rodrigues, Taissa,Jiang, Shunxing,Cheng, Xin,Kellner, Alexander W. A.,&Wang, XL.(2014).An Early Cretaceous pterosaur with an unusual mandibular crest from China and a potential novel feeding strategy.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,4(4),4.
MLA	Wang, Xiaolin,et al."An Early Cretaceous pterosaur with an unusual mandibular crest from China and a potential novel feeding strategy".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 4.4(2014):4.

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