The first evidence of a Campylognathoides —like pterosaur in the Toarcian (Lower Jurassic) Whitby Mudstone Formation of Lincolnshire, England

Autor:	Michael O'Sullivan, Martin Rigby
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	food.ingredient biology Paleontology Geology biology.organism_classification Campylognathoides Posidonia Shale food Rhamphorhynchidae Carniadactylus Eudimorphodon Laurasia Genus Raeticodactylus
Zdroj:	Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. 128:287-291
ISSN:	0016-7878
DOI:	10.1016/j.pgeola.2016.12.009
Popis:	While pterosaurs occur in the Lower Jurassic strata of Britain and Germany, only the family Rhamphorhynchidae is currently known found in both. A newly discovered humerus from the Whitby Mudstone Formation of Lincolnshire challenges this and is distinguished from all other Lower Jurassic British pterosaurs by its possession of a quadrangular deltopectoral crest. This is a rare morphotype which only occurs in Eudimorphodon , Austriadraco , Raeticodactylus , Carniadactylus and Campylognathoides . The Lincolnshire humerus compares well with these taxa but is identified as a cf. Campylognathoides sp. based on its age and palaeobiogeography. The genus Campylognathoides is a common pterosaur in the Toarcian Posidonia Shale of Germany and the new humerus supports continuity of pterosaur populations across central Laurasia.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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