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Sinomacrops bondei, a new anurognathid pterosaur from the Jurassic of China and comments on the group

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Author(s):
Wei, Xuefang [1, 2, 3] ; Pegas, Rodrigo Vargas [4] ; Shen, Caizhi [5] ; Guo, Yanfang [5] ; Ma, Waisum [6] ; Sun, Deyu [7] ; Zhou, Xuanyu [8, 9]
Total Authors: 7
Affiliation:
[1] Chinese Acad Geol Sci, Inst Geol, Key Lab Stratig & Palaeontol, Minist Nat Resource, Beijing - Peoples R China
[2] China Univ Geosci, Beijing - Peoples R China
[3] China Geol Survey, Ctr Cores & Samples Nat Resources, Beijing - Peoples R China
[4] Fed Univ ABC, Sao Bernardo - Brazil
[5] Dalian Nat Hist Museum, Dalian, Liaoning - Peoples R China
[6] Univ Birmingham, Sch Geog Earth & Environm Sci, Birmingham, W Midlands - England
[7] Jinzhou Paleontol Museum, Jinzhou, Liaoning - Peoples R China
[8] Hokkaido Univ, Dept Nat Hist Sci, Sapporo, Hokkaido - Japan
[9] Beipiao Pterosaur Museum China, Beipiao, Liaoning - Peoples R China
Total Affiliations: 9
Document type: Journal article
Source: PeerJ; v. 9, MAR 31 2021.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

Anurognathids are an elusive group of diminutive, potentially arboreal pterosaurs. Even though their monophyly has been well-supported, their intrarelationships have been obscure, and their phylogenetic placement even more. In the present work, we present a new genus and species from the Middle-Late Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation, the third nominal anurognathid species from the Jurassic of China. The new species provides new information concerning morphological diversity for the group. Furthermore, we provide a new phylogenetic analysis incorporating into a single data set characters from diverging phylogenetic proposals. Our results place them as the sister-group of Darwinoptera + Pterodactyloidea, as basal members of the Monofenestrata. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 19/10231-6 - Stance biomechanis of the wing during flight in Anhanguera piscator and Tupuxuara leonardii (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) and considerations on the evolution of flight within the group
Grantee:Rodrigo Vargas Pêgas
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate