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Ceoptera
''Ceoptera'' (meaning "mist wing") is an extinct genus of darwinopteran pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic Kilmaluag Formation of Scotland. The genus contains a single species, ''C. evansae'', known from a partial skeleton. It is the only pterosaur from Kilmaluag Formation. ''Ceoptera'' represents the second pterosaur named from Scotland, after '' Dearc'' in 2022. Discovery and naming In 2006, a set of rocks with protruding fossilized bones was noticed by a team of palaeontologists on Cladach a’Ghlinne, a beach north of Elgol on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Fossils of this site are considered to be part of the Kilmaluag Formation, dated to the Middle Jurassic. The site was administered by the Scottish Natural Heritage as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, disallowing the disturbance of rocks on the clifface, and the land was owned by a private trust. However, permission was granted by both parties for collection of the specimen as it had fallen naturally onto the be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 In Archosaur Paleontology
This article records new taxa of every kind of fossil archosaur that are scheduled to be Species description, described during 2024, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to the paleontology of archosaurs published in 2024. Pseudosuchians New pseudosuchian taxa General pseudosuchian research * Evidence of the impact of function on the evolution of the lower jaw morphology in crocodile-line archosaurs is presented by Rawson ''et al.'' (2024). * A review of studies on the thermometabolism of crocodile-line archosaurs from the preceding 20 years is published by Faure-Brac (2024). * Sennikov (2024) interprets Ornithosuchidae, ornithosuchids as macrophagous predators with specialized jaw apparatus, and notes analogs between them and saber-toothed therapsids (including mammals). * A study on the locomotion of ''Riojasuchus, Riojasuchus tenuisceps'' is published by von Baczko ''et al.'' (2024), who reconstruct ''R. tenuisceps'' as having an erect posture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
