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A pterosaurian notarium from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil |
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| Authors: | Peter Wellnhofer Eric Buffetaut Paul Gigase |
| Affiliation: | 1. Bayerische Staatssammlung für Pal?ontologie und historische Geologie, Richard-Wagner-Stra?e 10, 8000, München 2 2. Université Paris VI, Laboratoire de Paléontologie des Vertébrés et de Paléontologie Humaine, 4, place Jussieu, F-75230, Paris Cedex 05 3. Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde “Prins Leopold“, Nationalestraat 155, -2000, Antwerpen |
| Abstract: | A pterosaur vertebral column consisting of the last cervical vertebra, the first five dorsals fused to a notarium, and the following four dorsal vertebrae, is figured and described from the Aptian Santana Formation of the Chapada do Araripe in northeastern Brazil. The specimen is tentatively referred toSantanadactylus brasilensis de Buisonjé. It is the best preserved and most complete pterosaurian notarium known. Its functional significance is discussed. |
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