Evidence for modular evolution in a long-tailed pterosaur with a pterodactyloid skull

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1680, 2010, Pages 383-389

  Lü, Junchang ^a   Unwin, David M ^b   Jin, Xingsheng ^c   Liu, Yongqing ^a   Ji, Qiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Zhejiang Museum of Natural History   (China)

Author keywords

China; Darwinopterus; Evolution; Middle jurassic; Pterodactyloidea; Pterosauria

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; JURASSIC; NATURAL SELECTION; NEW RECORD; PTEROSAUR; SKULL;

CHINA;

PTERODACTYLOIDEA; PTEROSAURIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 76249084749     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1603     Document Type: Article

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