کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
8916406 1642040 2018 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Discovery of the largest pterosaur from South America
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
کشف بزرگترین پترواساز از آمریکای جنوبی
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه علوم زمین و سیارات فسیل شناسی
چکیده انگلیسی
A giant humerus (450 mm total length) belonging to one of the largest pterosaur recorded in South America is described. The specimen (UNCUYO-LD 350) was discovered in the Upper Cretaceous (upper Coniacian - lower Santonian) Plottier Formation of the Mendoza Province, northern Neuquén Basin, Argentina. It was found associated with a smaller pterosaur specimen represented by around thirty postcranial bones. The specimen is assigned to Tapejaroidea and show characters of both Tapejaridae and Azhdarchidae. Based on comparisions with other Azdharchidae species, a wingspan of 9.1 m is estimated for UNCUYO-LD 350, showing that giant pterosaurs were present in South America during the Upper Cretaceous.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Cretaceous Research - Volume 83, March 2018, Pages 40-46
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