Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China

Xiaolin Wang (), Alexander W. A. Kellner (), Zhonghe Zhou and Diogenes de Almeida Campos
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Xiaolin Wang: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Alexander W. A. Kellner: Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão
Zhonghe Zhou: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Diogenes de Almeida Campos: Museu de Ciências da Terra/Departamento Nacional de Produção Mineral

Nature, 2005, vol. 437, issue 7060, 875-879

Abstract: Not strictly for the birds Two newly discovered fossil pterosaurs from the Liaoning deposits in northeastern China add yet more known species to an already diverse population of flying reptiles. Living about 225 million years ago in the Cretaceous period, they belong to groups previously found only in Europe. An interesting aspect of the Liaoning deposits is the co-occurrence of pterosaurs and birds. The indications are that birds outnumbered pterosaurs in diversity and quantity. And that birds were confined to inland regions while pterosaurs dominated nearer the coast.

Date: 2005
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