Redescription of the first pterosaur remains from Japan: the largest flying reptile from Asia

doi:10.1080/08912963.2015.1028929

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	Redescription of the first pterosaur remains from Japan: the largest flying reptile from Asia
	Kellner, Alexander W. A.1; Costa, Fabiana R.2; Wang, Xiaolin3 ; Cheng, Xin 1,3
刊名	HISTORICAL BIOLOGY
	2016-02-17
卷号	28 期号:1-2 页码:304-309
关键词	Upper Cretaceous Yezo Group Japan Pterosauria Pterodactyloidea
DOI	10.1080/08912963.2015.1028929
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Pterosaur remains are found in numerous deposits of the world, but most are isolated and fragmentary elements. This is the case of Japan where a small number of specimens from those volant reptiles have been reported. Here, we redescribe the first pterosaur remains from Japan (NSM PV15005) that were found in outcrops of the Upper Cretaceous Yezo Group (Santonian-lower Campanian) in the Mikasa area of Hokkaido. Further preparation of this material revealed several pterosaur bones, including the distal end of a left femur, a non-ungual phalanx and a proximal caudal vertebra. Based on the double-condyle articulation of the caudal element and the main features of the femur, this specimen is referred to a pteranodontid-like pterosaur. Its wingspan is estimated to be around 6.8m, making it the largest pterosaur recorded not only from Japan, but also from Asia so far, indicating that large flying reptiles were widespread worldwide during the Upper Cretaceous.
WOS关键词	YEZO GROUP ; HOKKAIDO ; CHINA ; PTERODACTYLOIDEA ; RUSSIA ; BASIN
WOS研究方向	Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics ; Paleontology
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000362120600028
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://124.16.247.212/handle/311034/7188]
专题	古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_图书馆1
作者单位	1.Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacl, Dept Geol & Paleontol, Lab Systemat & Taphon Fossil Vertebrates, BR-20940040 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 2.Univ Fed Sao Paulo UNIFESP, Dept Biol Sci, Inst Environm Chem & Pharmaceut Sci, BR-09972270 Sao Paulo, Brazil 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Kellner, Alexander W. A.,Costa, Fabiana R.,Wang, Xiaolin,et al. Redescription of the first pterosaur remains from Japan: the largest flying reptile from Asia[J]. HISTORICAL BIOLOGY,2016,28(1-2):304-309.
APA	Kellner, Alexander W. A.,Costa, Fabiana R.,Wang, Xiaolin,&Cheng, Xin.(2016).Redescription of the first pterosaur remains from Japan: the largest flying reptile from Asia.HISTORICAL BIOLOGY,28(1-2),304-309.
MLA	Kellner, Alexander W. A.,et al."Redescription of the first pterosaur remains from Japan: the largest flying reptile from Asia".HISTORICAL BIOLOGY 28.1-2(2016):304-309.