A new crested pterosaur from the early cretaceous of Spain: the first European tapejarid (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea)

Background: 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...

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Autores: Vullo, Romain, Marugán Lobón, Jesús Carlos, Delgado Buscalioni, Ángela, Gomez, Bernard, de la Fuente, Montserrat, Moratalla, José J., Kellner, Alexander W. A.
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038900
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Palavra-chave:Biological Evolution
Dinosaurs
Fossils
Pterodactyloidea
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
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spelling A new crested pterosaur from the early cretaceous of Spain: the first European tapejarid (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea)Vullo, RomainMarugán Lobón, Jesús CarlosDelgado Buscalioni, ÁngelaGomez, Bernardde la Fuente, MontserratMoratalla, José J.Kellner, Alexander W. A.Biological EvolutionDinosaursFossilsPterodactyloideaBiología y Biomedicina / BiologíaBackground: 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. Methodology/Principal Findings: 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. Conclusion/Significance: 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 discussedAWAK acknowledges the Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ nos. E-26/102.779/2008 and E-26/111.273/2010) and the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq no. 307276/2009-0) for supporting research on pterosaurs, including the examination of the Las Hoyas specimen. This study was supported by the Project CGL2009-11838BTE of the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación and the Junta de Castilla-La ManchaPublic Library of ScienceDepartamento de BiologíaFacultad de Ciencias20122012-07-03research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/666221https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0038900reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/6662212026-06-23T12:46:27Z
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
Biological Evolution
Dinosaurs
Fossils
Pterodactyloidea
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
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 Carlos
Delgado Buscalioni, Ángela
Gomez, Bernard
de la Fuente, Montserrat
Moratalla, José J.
Kellner, Alexander W. A.
author Vullo, Romain
author_facet Vullo, Romain
Marugán Lobón, Jesús Carlos
Delgado Buscalioni, Ángela
Gomez, Bernard
de la Fuente, Montserrat
Moratalla, José J.
Kellner, Alexander W. A.
author_role author
author2 Marugán Lobón, Jesús Carlos
Delgado Buscalioni, Ángela
Gomez, Bernard
de la Fuente, Montserrat
Moratalla, José J.
Kellner, Alexander W. A.
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Biología
Facultad de Ciencias
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Biological Evolution
Dinosaurs
Fossils
Pterodactyloidea
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
topic Biological Evolution
Dinosaurs
Fossils
Pterodactyloidea
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
description Background: 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. Methodology/Principal Findings: 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. Conclusion/Significance: 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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