Name - Rhamphorhynchus muensteri

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1628477 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Rhamphorhynchus muensteri (Goldfuss 1831)

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Recent Publications

• New interpretation of the wings of the pterosaur Rhamphorhynchus muensteri based on the Zittel and Marsh specimens.
• On the evolution of extreme structures: static scaling and the function of sexually selected signals.
• Pterosaurs ate soft-bodied cephalopods (Coleoidea).
• Unique near isometric ontogeny in the pterosaur Rhamphorhynchus suggests hatchlings could fly.
• Allometric wing growth links parental care to pterosaur giantism.

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