Discovery of a rare pterosaur bone bed in a cretaceous desert with insights on ontogeny and behavior of flying reptiles.

A pterosaur bone bed with at least 47 individuals (wing spans: 0.65-2.35 m) of a new species is reported from southern Brazil from an interdunal lake deposit of a Cretaceous desert, shedding new light on several biological aspects of those flying reptiles. The material represents a new pterosaur, Ca...

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Main Authors: Paulo C Manzig, Alexander W A Kellner, Luiz C Weinschütz, Carlos E Fragoso, Cristina S Vega, Gilson B Guimarães, Luiz C Godoy, Antonio Liccardo, João H Z Ricetti, Camila C de Moura
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/9b71d6ecd07d4746bbce126799ce8af0
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