2019
DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765201920180782
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The Evolution of Pneumatic Foramina in Pterosaur Vertebrae

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“…The most fossiliferous units are the Lower Cretaceous Crato and Romualdo formations, comprising the majority of fossil vertebrates of this basin 14 . As has been reported several times, the most common tetrapod in both units are pterosaurs 15 , while others tend to be rare 16 , 17 , 18 .…”
Section: Introductionsupporting
confidence: 63%
“…The most fossiliferous units are the Lower Cretaceous Crato and Romualdo formations, comprising the majority of fossil vertebrates of this basin 14 . As has been reported several times, the most common tetrapod in both units are pterosaurs 15 , while others tend to be rare 16 , 17 , 18 .…”
Section: Introductionsupporting
confidence: 63%
“…5). They do not appear to be pneumatic as are commonly observed in other parts of the pterosaur skeleton (Buchmann & Rodrigues, 2019).…”
Section: Pterygoidmentioning
confidence: 60%
“…The pneumatic foramina observed on the lateral faces of the centra of mid-cervical vertebrae of all pterosaurs analyzed here are considered a synapomorphy for the Ornithocheiroidea [23], although this character was lost secondarily in the Azhdarchidae [23]. Furthermore, foramina analogous to those have been observed in non-ornithocheiroids, like Dimorphodon macronyx (NHMUK R1034) [25], suggesting an evolutionary convergence [26]. The variations in the number of the lateral pneumatic foramina observed here are consistent with that reported in the literature [27–29].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 89%
“…Pneumatic foramina present in unusual locations in certain clades, such as near the neural spine in the cervical vertebrae VIII in thalassodromine pterosaurs and in the posterior cervical vertebrae of Falconiformes, and unusually absent, such as on the lateral faces of the posterior cervical vertebrae in the Ardeidae and on the lateral faces of the mid-cervical vertebrae in the Ctenochasmatidae and the Azhdarchidae, can be interpreted as independent gains or losses in these clades [23, 26].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%