A new crested Pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Spain: the First European Tapejarid (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea)

The Tapejaridae is a group of unusual toothless pterosaurs characterized by bizarre cranial crests. From a paleoecological point of view, frugivorous feeding habits have often been suggested for one of its included clades, the Tapejarinae. So far, the presence of these intriguing flying reptiles has...

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Autores: Vullo, Romain, Marugán Lobón, Jesús, Kellner, Alexander W. A., Buscalioni, Angela D., Gómez, Bernard, Fuente, Montserrat de la, Moratalla García, José Joaquín
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/276811
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/276811
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038900
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Palabra clave:Cretácico inferior
Pterosaudia
España
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spelling A new crested Pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Spain: the First European Tapejarid (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea)Vullo, RomainMarugán Lobón, JesúsKellner, Alexander W. A.Buscalioni, Angela D.Gómez, BernardFuente, Montserrat de laMoratalla García, José JoaquínCretácico inferiorPterosaudiaEspañaThe Tapejaridae is a group of unusual toothless pterosaurs characterized by bizarre cranial crests. From a paleoecological point of view, frugivorous feeding habits have often been suggested for one of its included clades, the Tapejarinae. So far, the presence of these intriguing flying reptiles has been unambiguously documented from Early Cretaceous sites in China and Brazil, where pterosaur fossils are less rare and fragmentary than in similarly-aged European strata. Europejara olcadesorum gen. et sp. nov. is diagnosed by a unique combination of characters including an unusual caudally recurved dentary crest. It represents the oldest known member of Tapejaridae and the oldest known toothless pterosaur. The new taxon documents the earliest stage of the acquisition of this anatomical feature during the evolutionary history of the Pterodactyloidea. This innovation may have been linked to the development of new feeding strategies. The discovery of Europejara in the Barremian of the Iberian Peninsula reveals an earlier and broader global distribution of tapejarids, suggesting a Eurasian origin of this group. It adds to the poorly known pterosaur fauna of the Las Hoyas locality and contributes to a better understanding of the paleoecology of this Konservat-Lagerstätte. Finally, the significance of a probable contribution of tapejarine tapejarids to the early angiosperm dispersal is discussedGéosciences Rennes, Université de Rennes, FranciaUnidad de Paleontología, Departamento de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, EspañaLaboratory of Systematics and Taphonomy of Fossil Vertebrates, Departamento de Geologia e Paleontologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, BrasilLaboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, Terre, Planètes, Environnement, Université de Lyon, FranciaMuseo Geominero, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, EspañaPublic Library of ScienceFundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de JaneiroConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasil)Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha202220222012info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://hdl.handle.net/10261/276811https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038900reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#E-26/102.779/2008E-26/ 111.273/2010307276/2009-0CGL2009-11838BTEhttps://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0038900info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/2768112026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A new crested Pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Spain: the First European Tapejarid (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea)
title A new crested Pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Spain: the First European Tapejarid (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea)
spellingShingle A new crested Pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Spain: the First European Tapejarid (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea)
Vullo, Romain
Cretácico inferior
Pterosaudia
España
title_short A new crested Pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Spain: the First European Tapejarid (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea)
title_full A new crested Pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Spain: the First European Tapejarid (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea)
title_fullStr A new crested Pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Spain: the First European Tapejarid (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea)
title_full_unstemmed A new crested Pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Spain: the First European Tapejarid (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea)
title_sort A new crested Pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Spain: the First European Tapejarid (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Vullo, Romain
Marugán Lobón, Jesús
Kellner, Alexander W. A.
Buscalioni, Angela D.
Gómez, Bernard
Fuente, Montserrat de la
Moratalla García, José Joaquín
author Vullo, Romain
author_facet Vullo, Romain
Marugán Lobón, Jesús
Kellner, Alexander W. A.
Buscalioni, Angela D.
Gómez, Bernard
Fuente, Montserrat de la
Moratalla García, José Joaquín
author_role author
author2 Marugán Lobón, Jesús
Kellner, Alexander W. A.
Buscalioni, Angela D.
Gómez, Bernard
Fuente, Montserrat de la
Moratalla García, José Joaquín
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Brasil)
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cretácico inferior
Pterosaudia
España
topic Cretácico inferior
Pterosaudia
España
description The Tapejaridae is a group of unusual toothless pterosaurs characterized by bizarre cranial crests. From a paleoecological point of view, frugivorous feeding habits have often been suggested for one of its included clades, the Tapejarinae. So far, the presence of these intriguing flying reptiles has been unambiguously documented from Early Cretaceous sites in China and Brazil, where pterosaur fossils are less rare and fragmentary than in similarly-aged European strata. Europejara olcadesorum gen. et sp. nov. is diagnosed by a unique combination of characters including an unusual caudally recurved dentary crest. It represents the oldest known member of Tapejaridae and the oldest known toothless pterosaur. The new taxon documents the earliest stage of the acquisition of this anatomical feature during the evolutionary history of the Pterodactyloidea. This innovation may have been linked to the development of new feeding strategies. The discovery of Europejara in the Barremian of the Iberian Peninsula reveals an earlier and broader global distribution of tapejarids, suggesting a Eurasian origin of this group. It adds to the poorly known pterosaur fauna of the Las Hoyas locality and contributes to a better understanding of the paleoecology of this Konservat-Lagerstätte. Finally, the significance of a probable contribution of tapejarine tapejarids to the early angiosperm dispersal is discussed
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