Superfamille
Valide Éteint

Azhdarchoidea

(Unwin 1992)

Les Azhdarchoidea forment une super-famille fossile de ptérosaures rattachés au sous-ordre des Pterodactyloidea. Ils ont vécu au cours du Crétacé.

Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
180
Groupe
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marin
Azhdarchoidea
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PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Pterosauria Ordre
Pterodactyloidea Sous-ordre
Azhdarchoidea Superfamille
Sites de découverte 180 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇨🇳 Chine
27
🇺🇸 États-Unis
23
🇧🇷 Brésil
22
🇲🇦 Maroc
19
🇷🇴 Roumanie
13
🇲🇳 Mongolie
11
🇫🇷 France
8
🇬🇧 Royaume-Uni
7
🇪🇸 Espagne
5
🇨🇦 Canada
5
Formations géologiques
Crato
9
Lianmuqin
7
Tsagaantsav
6
Sebeş
4
Couche III
4
Ifezouane
3
Zhirkindek
3
Distribution temporelle
Maastrichtien (72.2–66 Ma)
35
Campanien (83.6–72.2 Ma)
33
Santonien (85.7–83.6 Ma)
4
Coniacien (89.8–85.7 Ma)
2
Turonien (93.9–89.8 Ma)
9
Cénomanien (100.5–93.9 Ma)
22
Albien (113.2–100.5 Ma)
5
Aptien (121.4–113.2 Ma)
42
Barrémien (125.77–121.4 Ma)
10
Hauterivien (132.6–125.77 Ma)
8
Valanginien (137.05–132.6 Ma)
1
Berriasien (143.1–137.05 Ma)
4
Tithonien (149.2–143.1 Ma)
4
Kimméridgien (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Synonymes (1)
Palaeornis cliftii nomen dubium, species not entered Azhdarchoidea
Bibliographie
Description originale
B. Andres and M. A. Norell. 2005. The first record of a pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous strata of Öösh (Övörkhangai; Mongolia). American Museum Novitates 3472:1-6 DOI ↗
Bibliographie (132)
H. N. Thomas, D. W. E. Hone, and T. Gomes, J. E. Peterson. 2025. Infernodrakon hastacollis gen. et sp. nov., a new azhdarchid pterosaur from the Hell Creek Formation of Montana, and the pterosaur diversity of Maastrichtian North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (e2442476) DOI ↗
K. L. Rosenbach, D. M. Goodvin, and M. G. Albshysh, H. A. Azzam, A. A. Smadi, H. A. Mustafa, I. S. A. Zalmout, J. A. Wilson Mantilla. 2024. New pterosaur remains from the Late Cretaceous of Afro-Arabia provide insight into flight capacity of large pterosaurs. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 44(1):e2385068:1-23 DOI ↗
F. L. Agnolín, S. Rozadilla, and R. D. Juárez-Valieri, J. G. Meso. 2023. Oldest azhdarchid (Pterosauria) record from South America. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales 25(2):309-314 DOI ↗
G. J. Retallack, G. E. Carr, and A. P. Broz. 2023. Early Cretaceous pterosaur guano deposit from central Oregon, USA. Lethaia 56(1):1-12 DOI ↗
X. Zhang, S. Jiang, and AWA Kellner, X. Cheng, FR Costa, X. Wang. 2023. A new species of Eopteranodon (Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation of China. Cretaceous Research 149 DOI ↗
N. J. Enriquez, N. E. Campione, and M. A. White, F. Fanti, R. L. Sissons, C. Sullivan, M. J. Vavrek, P. R. Bell. 2022. The dinosaur tracks of Tyrants Aisle: an Upper Cretaceous ichnofauna from Unit 4 of the Wapiti Formation (upper Campanian), Alberta, Canada. PLoS One 17(2):e0262824:1-45 DOI ↗
L. D. Ortiz David, B. J. González Riga, and A. W. A. Kellner. 2022. Thanatosdrakon amaru, gen. et sp. nov., a giant azhdarchid pterosaur from the upper Cretaceous of Argentina. Cretaceous Research 137:105228 DOI ↗
R. Smith and D. Marill. 2022. First occurrence of azhdarchoid pterosaurs in the Gault Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Albian) of England, United Kingdom with a brief review of Gault pterosaurs. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 133(6):491-500 DOI ↗
B. Andres and W. Langston Jr. 2021. Morphology and taxonomy of Quetzalcoatlus Lawson 1975 (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(2):46-202 DOI ↗
A. O. Averianov, N. G. Zverkov, and A. V. Nikiforov. 2021. First Finding of a Pterosaur in the Upper Cretaceous of the Southern Urals. Paleontological Journal 55:678-683 DOI ↗
G. M. Cerqueira, M. A. C. Santos, and M. F. Marks, J. M. Sayão, F. L. Pinheiro. 2021. A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil and the paleobiogeography of the Tapejaridae. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66(3):555-570 DOI ↗
A. A. Farke. 2021. A large pterosaur limb bone from the Kaiparowits Formation (late Campanian) of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA. PeerJ 9:e10766:1-12 DOI ↗
L. Xing, M. G. Lockley, and C. Jia, H. Klein, K. Niu, L. Zhang, C. Chou, A. Romilio, D. Wang, Y. Zhang, W. S. Persons, M. Wang. 2021. Lower Cretaceous avian-dominated, theropod, thyreophoran, pterosaur and turtle track assemblages from the Tugulu Group, Xinjiang, China: ichnotaxonomy and palaeoecology. PeerJ 9:e11476:1-73 DOI ↗
D. M. Martill, M. Green, and R. E. Smith, M. L. Jacobs, J. Winch. 2020. First tapejarid pterosaur from the Wessex Formation (Wealden Group: Lower Cretaceous, Barremian) of the United Kingdom. Cretaceous Research 113(104487) DOI ↗
D. M. Martill, R. Smith, and D. M. Unwin, A. Kao, J. McPhee, N. Ibrahim, . 2020. A new tapejarid (Pterosauria, Azhdarchoidea) from the mid-Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Takmout, southern Morocco. Cretaceous Research 112:104424 DOI ↗
J. McPhee, N. Ibrahim, and A. Kao, D. M. Unwin, R. Smith, D. M. Martill. 2020. A new ?chaoyangopterid (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of southern Morocco. Cretaceous Research 110:104410 DOI ↗
R. E. Smith, D. M. Martill, and A. Kao, S. Zouhri, N. Longrich. 2020. A long-billed, possible probe-feeding pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: ?Azhdarchoidea) from the mid-Cretaceous of Morocco, North Africa. Cretaceous Research DOI ↗
A. A. Solomon, V. A. Codrea, and M. Venczel, G. Grellet-Tinner. 2020. A new species of large-sized pterosaur from the Maastrichtian of Transylvania (Romania). Cretaceous Research 110:104316 DOI ↗
D. W. E. Hone, M. B. Habib, and F. Therrien. 2019. Cryodrakon boreas, gen. et sp. nov., a Late Cretaceous Canadian azhdarchid pterosaur. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 39(3):e1649681 DOI ↗
A. W. A. Kellner, L. C. Weinschutz, and B. Holgado, R. A. M. Bantim, J. M. Sayão. 2019. A new toothless pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from Southern Brazil with insights into the paleoecology of a Cretaceous desert. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 91(2):e20190768 DOI ↗
N. R. Longrich, D. M. Martill, and B. Andres. 2018. Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. PLoS Biology 16(3):e2001663:1-38 DOI ↗
D. M. Martill, D. M. Unwin, and N. Ibrahim, N. Longrich. 2018. A new edentulous pterosaur from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of south eastern Morocco. Cretaceous Research 84:1-12 DOI ↗
M. Vremir, G. Dyke, and Z. Csiki-Sava, D. Grigorescu, E. Buffetaut. 2018. Partial mandible of a giant pterosaur from the uppermost Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of the Hațeg Basin, Romania. Lethaia 51(4):493-503 DOI ↗
R. Vullo, G. Garcia, and P. Godefroit, A. Cincotta, X. Valentin. 2018. Mistralazhdarcho maggii, gen. et sp. nov., A New Azhdarchid Pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Southeastern France. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(4):1-16 DOI ↗
G. F. Funston, E. M. Silverstone, and P. J. Currie. 2017. The first pterosaur pelvic material from the Dinosaur Park Formation (Campanian) and implications for azhdarchid locomotion. Facets DOI ↗
T. Tsuihiji, B. Andres, and P. M. O.'Connor, M. Watabe, K. Tsogtbaatar, B. Mainbayar. 2017. Gigantic pterosaurian remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(5):e1361431:1-8 DOI ↗
Z. Csiki-Sava, M. Vremir, and S. Vasile, S. L. Brusatte, G. Dyke, D. Naish, M. A. Norell, R. Totoianu. 2016. The East Side Story – The Transylvanian latest Cretaceous continental vertebrate record and its implications for understanding Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary events. Cretaceous Research 57:662-698 DOI ↗
E. Martin-Silverstone, M. P. Witton, and V. M. Arbour, P. J. Currie. 2016. A small azhdarchoid pterosaur from the latest Cretaceous, the age of flying giants. Royal Society Open Science 3:160333:1-15 DOI ↗
R. V. Pegas, M. E. C. Leal, and A. W. A. Kellner. 2016. A Basal Tapejarine (Pterosauria; Pterodactyloidea; Tapejaridae) from the Crato Formation, Early Cretaceous of Brazil. Plos One DOI ↗
E. Buffetaut, V. Suteethorn, and S. Suteethorn, U. Deesrie, H. Tong. 2015. An azhdarchoid pterosaur humerus from the latest Jurassic (Phu Kradung Formation) of Phu Noi, north-eastern Thailand. Research and Knowledge 1:43-47
F. R. Costa, J. M. Sayao, and A. W. A. Kellner. 2015. New pterosaur material from the Upper Jurassic of Tendaguru (Tanzania), Africa. Historical Biology 27:646-655 DOI ↗
D. M. Martill and N. Ibrahim. 2015. An unusual modification of the jaws in cf. Alanqa, a mid-Cretaceous azhdarchid pterosaur from the Kem Kem beds of Morocco. Cretaceous Research 53:59-67 DOI ↗
M. Vremir, M. Witton, and D. Naish, G. Dyke, S. L. Brusatte, M. Norell, R. Totoianu. 2015. A medium-sized robust-necked Azhdarchid pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchidae) from the Maastrichtian of Pui (Haţeg Basin, Transylvania, Romania). American Museum Novitates 3827:1-16 DOI ↗
J. A. Headden and H. B. N. Campos. 2014. An unusual edentulous pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation of Brazil. Historical Biology DOI ↗
P. C. Manzig, A. W. A. Kellner, and L. C. Weinschütz, C. E. Fragoso, C. S. Vega, G. B. Guimarães, L. C. Godoy, A. Liccardo, J. H. Z. Ricetti, C. M. de Moura. 2014. Discovery of a rare pterosaur bone bed in a Cretaceous desert with Insights on ontogeny and behavior of flying reptiles. PLoS ONE 9(8):e100005 DOI ↗
M. Vremir, R. Bălc, and Z. Csiki-Sava, S. L. Brusatte, G. Dyke, D. Naish, M. A. Norell. 2014. Petreşti-Arini – An important but ephemeral Upper Cretaceous continental vertebrate site in the southwestern Transylvanian Basin, Romania. Cretaceous Research 49:13-38 DOI ↗
R. Vullo, D. Abit, and M. Ballèvre, J.-P. Billon-Bruyat, R. Bourgeais, É. Buffetaut, V. Daviero-Gomez, G. Garcia, B. Gomez, J.-M. Mazin, S. Morel, D. Néraudeau, J. Pouech, J.-C. Rage, J. Schnyder, H. Tong. 2014. Palaeontology of the Purbeck-type (Tithonian, Late Jurassic) bonebeds of Chassiron (Oléron Island, western France). Comptes Rendus Palevol 13(5):421-441 DOI ↗
A. S. S. Aires, A. W. A. Kellner, and R. T. Muller, L. R. Da Silva, C. P. Pacheco, S. Dias-Da-Silva. 2013. New postcranial elements of the Thalassodrominae (Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae) from the Romualdo Formation (Aptian-Albian), Santana Group, Araripe Basin, Brazil. Palaeontology 57(2):343-355 DOI ↗
B. Andres and T. S. Myers. 2013. Lone Star Pterosaurs. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103:383-398 DOI ↗
S. Brusatte, M. Vremir, and A. Watanabe, Z. Csiki-Sava, D. Naish, G. J. Dyke, G. M. Erickson, M. A. Norell. 2013. An infant ornithopod dinosaur tibia from the Late Cretaceous of Sebes, Romania. Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis 5:627-644
R. A. Elgin and D. W. E. Hone. 2013. Pneumatization of an immature azhdarchoid pterosaur. Cretaceous Research 45:16-24 DOI ↗
A. W. A. Kellner. 2013. A new unusual tapejarid (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation, Araripe Basin, Brazil. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103:1-13 DOI ↗
D. M. Martill, M. O'Sullivan, and C. Newman. 2013. A possible azhdarchid pterosaur (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) in the Durlston Formation (Early Cretaceous, Berriasian) of southern England. Cretaceous Research 43:26-39 DOI ↗
D. Naish, M. Simpson, and G. Dyke. 2013. A new small-bodied azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of England and its implications for pterosaur anatomy, diversity and phylogeny. PLoS One 8(3):e58451 DOI ↗
M. Vremir, A. W. A. Kellner, and D. Naish, G. J. Dyke. 2013. A new azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of the Transylvanian Basin, Romania: implications for azhdarchid diversity and distribution. PLoS ONE 8(1):e54268 DOI ↗
E. Buffetaut. 2012. An early azhdarchid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of the eastern Paris basin. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 183(6):525-528 DOI ↗
D. W. E. Hone, T. Tsuihiji, and M. Watabe, K. Tsogtbaatr. 2012. Pterosaurs as a food source for small dromaeosaurs. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 331-332:27-30 DOI ↗
F. E. Novas, M. Kundrat, and F. L. Agnolin, M. D. Ezcurra, P. E. Ahlberg, M. P. Isasi, A. Arriagada, P. Chafrat. 2012. A new large pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(6):1447-1452 DOI ↗
E. Buffetaut, A. Osi, and E. Prondvai. 2011. The pterosaurian remains from the Grünbach Formation (Campanian, Gosau Group) of Austria: a reappraisal of 'Ornithocheirus buenzeli. Geological Magazine 148:334-339 DOI ↗
G. J. Dyke, M. J. Benton, and E. Posmosanu, D. Naish. 2011. Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) birds and pterosaurs from the Cornet bauxite mine, Romania. Palaeontology 54(1):79-95 DOI ↗
R. A. Elgin and E. Frey. 2011. A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Lebanon. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 104(supp. 1):S21-S33 DOI ↗
E. Frey, C. A. Meyer, and H. Tischlinger. 2011. The oldest azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone (Early Tithonian) of Southern Germany. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 104(supp. 1):S35-S55 DOI ↗
P. M. O'Connor, J. J. W. Sertich, and F. K. Manthi. 2011. A pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Lapurr sandstone, West Turkana, Kenya. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 83(1):309-315 DOI ↗
F. L. Pinheiro, D. C. Fortier, and C. L. Schultz, J. Artur, FG De Andrade, R. AM Bantim. 2011. New information on Tupandactylus imperator, with comments on the relationships of Tapejaridae (Pterosauria). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(3):567-580 DOI ↗
T. Rodrigues and A. W. A. Kellner. 2011. New pterosaur specimens from the Kem Kem beds (Upper Cretaceous, Cenomanian) of Morocco. Revista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 117(1):149-160
R. M. Sullivan and D. W. Fowler. 2011. Navajodactylus boerei, n. gen., n. sp. (Pterosauria, ? Azhdarchidae) from the Upper Cretaceous Kirtland Formation (upper Campanian) of New Mexico. Fossil Record 3. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin
E. Buffetaut and H. Tong. 2010. An azhdarchid pterosaur cervical vertebra from a new Late Cretaceous vertebrate locality at Cruzy (Hérault, southern France). 8th Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists. Abstract Volume
Z. Csiki, D. Grigorescu, and V. Codrea, F. Therrien. 2010. Taphonomic modes in the Maastrichtian continental deposits of the Haţeg Basin, Romania—palaeoecological and palaeobiological inferences. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 293(3-4):375-390 DOI ↗
N. Ibrahim, D. M. Unwin, and D. M. Martill, L. Baidder, S. Zouhri. 2010. A new pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Azharchidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco. PLoS One 5(5):e10875 DOI ↗
C.-F. Zhou. 2010. A possible azhdarchid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Qingshan Group of Laiyang, Shandong, China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(6):1743-1746 DOI ↗
C.-F. Zhou. 2010. New material of Chaoyangopterus (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 257(3):341-350 DOI ↗
J. Company, X. Pereda Suberbiola, and J. I. Ruiz-Omenaca. 2009. Nuevos restos fosiles del dinosaurio Lirainosaurus (Sauropoda, Titanosauria) en el Cretácico Superior (Campaniano-Maastrichtiano) de la Península Ibérica. Ameghiniana 46(2):391-405
J. Lü, Y. Azuma, and Z. Dong, R. Barsbold, Y. Kobayashi, Y.-N. Lee. 2009. New material of dsungaripterid pterosaurs (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from western Mongolia and its palaeoecological implications. Geological Magazine 146:690-700 DOI ↗
M. Watabe, T. Tsuihiji, and S. Suzuki, K. Tsogtbaatar. 2009. The first discovery of pterosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(2):231-242 DOI ↗
M. P. Witton, D. M. Martill, and M. Green. 2009. On pterodactyloid diversity in the British Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) and a reappraisal of ‘‘Palaeornis’’ cliftii Mantell, 1844. Cretaceous Research 30:676-686 DOI ↗
M. P. Witton. 2009. A new species of Tupuxuara (Thalassodromidae, Azhdarchoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brazil, with a note on the nomenclature of Thalassodromidae. Cretaceous Research 30:1293-1300 DOI ↗
E. Buffetaut. 2008. Late Cretaceous pterosaurs from France: a review. Zitteliana B 28:249-255
J. Lü, D. M. Unwin, and L. Xu, X. Zhang. 2008. A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China and its implications for pterosaur phylogeny and evolution. Naturwissenschften 95:891-897 DOI ↗
D. M. Martill and M. P. Witton. 2008. Catastrophic failure in a pterosaur skull from the Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brazil. Zitteliana B 28:175-183
X. Wang, A. W. A. Kellner, and Z. Zhou, D. d. A. Campos. 2008. Discovery of a rare arboreal forest dwelling flying reptile (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(6):1983-1987 DOI ↗
M. P. Witton. 2008. A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Aptian?) of Brazil. Palaeontology 51:1289-1300 DOI ↗
A. O. Averianov. 2007. New records of azhdarchids (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Central Asia. Paleontological Journal 41(2):189-197 DOI ↗
J. Lü, Y. Gao, and L. Xing, Z. Li, Q. Ji. 2007. A new species of Huaxiapterus (Pterosauria: Tapejaridae) from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 81(5):683-687
D. M. Unwin and D. M. Martill. 2007. Pterosaurs of the Crato Formation. The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press DOI ↗
E. Buffetaut, P. Mechin, and A. Mechin-Salessy. 2006. An azhdarchid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Provence (southern France). Mesozoic and Cenozoic vertebrates and paleoenvironments, tributes the career of Professor Dan Grigorescu; Editura Ars, Docendi, Bucharest
A. W. A. Kellner, J. O. Calvo, and J. M. Sayão, J. D. Porfiri. 2006. Pterosaur bones from the Portezuelo Formation (Cretaceous), Neuquén Group, Patagonia, Argentina. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 64(4):369-375
J.-C. Lü, C.-L. Gao, and J.-Y. Liu, Q.-J. Meng, Q. Ji. 2006. New material of the pterosaur Eopteranodon from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation, western Liaoning, China. Geological Bulletin of China 25(5):565-571
J. Lü, J. Liu, and C. Gao, Q. Meng, Q. Ji. 2006. New material of pterosaur Sinopterus (Reptilia: Pterosauria) from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation, Western Liaoning, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 80(6):783-789
J. Lü, X. Jin, and D. M. Unwin, L. Zhao, Y. Azuma, Q. Ji. 2006. A new species of Huaxiapterus (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China with comments on the systematics of tapejarid pterosaurs. Acta Geologica Sinica 80(3):315-326
D. M. Martill and D. Naish. 2006. Cranial crest development in the azhdarchoid pterosaur Tupuxuara, with a review of the genus and tapejarid monophyly. Palaeontology 49(4):925-941 DOI ↗
B. Andres and M. A. Norell. 2005. The first record of a pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous strata of Öösh (Övörkhangai; Mongolia). American Museum Novitates 3472:1-6 DOI ↗
A. O. Averianov, M. S. Arkhangelsky, and E. M. Pervushov, A. V. Ivanov. 2005. A new record of an azhdarchid (Pterosauria: Azhdarchidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of the Volga Region. Paleontological Journal 39(4):433-439
M. Fastnacht. 2005. The first dsungaripterid pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian of Germany and the biomechanics of pterosaur long bones. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(2):273-288
J. Lü and Q. Ji. 2005. New azhdarchid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning. Acta Geologica Sinica 79(3):301-307
J. Lü and C. Yuan. 2005. New tapejarid pterosaur from western Liaoning, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 79(4):453-458
A. Osi, D. B. Weishampel, and C. M. Jianu. 2005. First evidence of azhdarchid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Hungary. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(4):777-787
M. W. Maisch, A. T. Matzke, and G. Sun. 2004. A new dsungaripteroid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of the southern Junggar Basin, north-west China. Cretaceous Research 25:625-634 DOI ↗
Z.-M. Dong, Y.-W. Sun, and S.-Y. Wu. 2003. On a new pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Chaoyang Basin, Western Liaoning, China. Global Geology 22:1-7
E. Frey, D. M. Martill, and M.-C. Buchy. 2003. A new species of tapejarid pterosaur with soft-tissue head crest. Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, Geological Society of London, Special Publications 217:65-72 DOI ↗
J.-J. Li, J.-C. Lü, and B.-K. Zhang. 2003. A new Lower Cretaceous sinopteroid pterosaur from western Liaoning, China. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 42(3):442-447
X. Pereda Suberbiola, N. Bardet, and S. Jouve, M. Iarochène, B. Bouya, M. Amaghzaz. 2003. A new azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco. Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 217:79-90
X.-L. Wang and Z.-H. Zhou. 2003. Two new pterodactyloid pterosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of western Liaoning, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 41(1):34-41
E. Buffetaut, D. Grigorescu, and Z. Csiki. 2002. A new giant pterosaur with a robust skull from the latest Cretaceous of Romania. Naturwissenschaften 89:180-184
A. W. A. Kellner and D. A. Campos. 2002. The function of the cranial crest and jaws of a unique pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil. Science 297:389-392 DOI ↗
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