Tag Archive for 'Ornithodira'

(A) location map of the Linha São Luiz site in Brazil and the surface distribution of the geologic units in the area; (B) general view of the Linha São Luiz site; (C) hypothetical reconstruction of the skeleton of Faxinalipterus minimus depicting in orange the preserved elements; (D) hypothetical reconstruction of the skull of Maehary bonapartei depicting some of the preserved elements. Image credit: Kellner et al., doi: 10.7717/peerj.13276.

New Triassic Reptile Species Identified in Brazil

May 5, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

Maehary bonapartei is considered to be the most basal of the evolutionary lineage that gave rise to pterosaurs. (A) location map of the Linha São Luiz...

Life restoration of Kongonaphon kely. Image credit: Alex Boersma.

Tiny Dinosaur Relative Roamed Triassic Madagascar

Jul 7, 2020 by News Staff

A new genus and species of ornithodiran — an early relative of dinosaurs and pterosaurs — that lived around 237 million years ago (Triassic...