The largest flying reptile from the Crato Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Brazil

doi:10.1080/08912963.2018.1491567

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	The largest flying reptile from the Crato Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Brazil
	Cheng, Xin 1,2; Bantim, Renan A. M.1; Sayao, Juliana M.3; Kellner, Alexander W. A.4; Wang, Xiaolin 2,5; Saraiva, Antonio A. F.1
刊名	HISTORICAL BIOLOGY
	2020-03-15
卷号	32 期号:3 页码:321-329
关键词	Anhangueridae Pterosauria bone histology Crato Formation Cretaceous Brazil
ISSN号	0891-2963
DOI	10.1080/08912963.2018.1491567
通讯作者	Cheng, Xin(cheng_xin1982@126.com)
英文摘要	The Early Cretaceous deposits of the Araripe Basin in northeast Brazil has yielded numerous vertebrate fossils, in which pterosaurs are the predominant tetrapods. Almost all specimens of this extinct group of flying reptiles recovered from this basin come from two stratigraphic units, the Crato and Romualdo Formations, with the pterosaurs from the former being usually small to middle-sized and large individuals (with a maximized wingspan over 5 m) being only found in the latter. Here we report on a new specimen (MPSC R 1221) composed of a partial right wing, which is the largest pterosaur discovered from the Crato Formation so far, having an estimated maximized wingspan of 5.5 m. Despite the incompleteness of this material, MPSC R 1221 can be referred to the Anhangueridae based on the length ratio between the metacarpal IV and the first wing phalanx. According to the osteohistological study and the degree of fusion, MPSC R 1221 represents a sub-adult individual, showing that the animal had not reached the maximum size before its death. The present study shows that large-sized pterosaurs were also present in the Crato Formation and that their rarity might be an artefact of preservation.
资助项目	Fundacao Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (FUNCAP)[DCR-0024-02039.01.00] ; Fundacao Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (FUNCAP)[BMD-0124-00302.01.01/19] ; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)[458164/2014-3] ; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)[304780/20138] ; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)[420687/2016-5] ; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq)[311715/2017-6] ; Fundacao Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ)[E-26/202.893/2015] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41688103] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41572020] ; Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences[XDB26000000]
WOS关键词	ROMUALDO FORMATION ; ARARIPE BASIN ; PTEROSAUR PTERODACTYLOIDEA ; PALEOHISTOLOGY ; ANHANGUERIDAE ; TAPEJARIDAE ; DIVERSITY ; ONTOGENY ; BONE
WOS研究方向	Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics ; Paleontology
语种	英语
出版者	TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000520013600003
资助机构	Fundacao Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (FUNCAP) ; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq) ; Fundacao Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) ; National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/17307]
专题	古脊椎动物与古人类研究所_图书馆1
通讯作者	Cheng, Xin
作者单位	1.Univ Reg Cariri, Lab Paleontol, Crato, CE, Brazil 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Univ Fed Pernambuco, Lab Paleobiol & Microestruturas, Ctr Acad Vitoria, Vitoria De Santo Antao, PE, Brazil 4.Univ Fed Rio de Janeiro, Lab Systemat & Taphon Fossil Vertebrates, Dept Geol & Paleontol, Museu Nacl, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 5.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Cheng, Xin,Bantim, Renan A. M.,Sayao, Juliana M.,et al. The largest flying reptile from the Crato Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Brazil[J]. HISTORICAL BIOLOGY,2020,32(3):321-329.
APA	Cheng, Xin,Bantim, Renan A. M.,Sayao, Juliana M.,Kellner, Alexander W. A.,Wang, Xiaolin,&Saraiva, Antonio A. F..(2020).The largest flying reptile from the Crato Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Brazil.HISTORICAL BIOLOGY,32(3),321-329.
MLA	Cheng, Xin,et al."The largest flying reptile from the Crato Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Brazil".HISTORICAL BIOLOGY 32.3(2020):321-329.