Discovery of a rare pterosaur bone bed in a cretaceous desert with insights on ontogeny and behavior of flying reptiles.

Discovery of a rare pterosaur bone bed in a cretaceous desert with insights on ontogeny and behavior of flying reptiles.

A pterosaur bone bed with at least 47 individuals (wing spans: 0.65-2.35 m) of a new species is reported from southern Brazil from an interdunal lake deposit of a Cretaceous desert, shedding new light on several biological aspects of those flying reptiles. The material represents a new pterosaur, Ca...

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Main Authors:	Paulo C Manzig, Alexander W A Kellner, Luiz C Weinschütz, Carlos E Fragoso, Cristina S Vega, Gilson B Guimarães, Luiz C Godoy, Antonio Liccardo, João H Z Ricetti, Camila C de Moura
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25118592/?tool=EBI

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