Anurognathidae

Anurognathids
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic – Early Cretaceous, 165–122.1 Ma As early as 189 Ma if "Dimorphodon weintraubi" is an anurognathid.
Life restoration of Sinomacrops bondei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Pterosauria
Clade: †Caelidracones
Family: †Anurognathidae
Nopcsa, 1928[1]
Type species
†Anurognathus ammoni
Subgroups

Anurognathidae is a family of small, short-tailed pterosaurs that lived in Europe, Asia, and possibly North America during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. Five genera are known: Anurognathus, from the Late Jurassic of Germany; Jeholopterus, from the Middle to Late Jurassic of China;[2] Dendrorhynchoides, from the Middle Jurassic[3] of China; Batrachognathus, from the Late Jurassic of Kazakhstan; and Vesperopterylus, from the Early Cretaceous of China.[4] Bennett (2007) suggested that the holotype of Mesadactylus, BYU 2024, a synsacrum, belonged to an anurognathid, though this affinity has been questioned by other authors.[5][6] Mesadactylus is from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation of the United States. Indeterminate anurognathid remains have also been reported from the Middle Jurassic Bakhar Svita of Mongolia[7][8] and the Early Cretaceous of North Korea.[9][10]

  1. ^ Nopcsa, F (1928). "The Genera of Reptiles" (PDF). Palaeobiologica. 1 (1): 163–188.
  2. ^ Gao, K. -Q.; Shubin, N. H. (2012). "Late Jurassic salamandroid from western Liaoning, China". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109 (15): 5767–72. Bibcode:2012PNAS..109.5767G. doi:10.1073/pnas.1009828109. PMC 3326464. PMID 22411790.
  3. ^ Lü Junchang & David W.E. Hone (2012). "A New Chinese Anurognathid Pterosaur and the Evolution of Pterosaurian Tail Lengths". Acta Geologica Sinica. 86 (6): 1317–1325. doi:10.1111/1755-6724.12002. S2CID 140741278.
  4. ^ Lü, J.; Meng, Q.; Wang, B.; Liu, D.; Shen, C.; Zhang, Y. (2017). "Short note on a new anurognathid pterosaur with evidence of perching behaviour from Jianchang of Liaoning Province, China". In Hone, D.W.E.; Witton, M.P.; Martill, D.M. (eds.). New Perspectives on Pterosaur Palaeobiology (PDF). Geological Society, London, Special Publications. Vol. 455. London: The Geological Society of London. pp. 95–104. doi:10.1144/SP455.16. S2CID 219196969.
  5. ^ Bennett, S. Christopher (2007). "Reassessment of Utahdactylus from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of Utah". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (1): 257–260. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[257:ROUFTJ]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 4524687. S2CID 129729571.
  6. ^ Sprague, M. & McLain, M. A. (2018). Resolving the Mesadactylus Complex of Dry Mesa Quarry, Morrison Formation, Colorado. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Program and Abstracts, 2018, p. 220.
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  8. ^ Barrett, Paul M.; Butler, Richard J.; Edwards, Nicholas P.; Milner, Andrew R. (2008). "Pterosaur distribution in time and space: an atlas" (PDF). Zitteliana. 28: 61–107. doi:10.5282/ubm/epub.12007.
  9. ^ Gao, K.-Q.; Li, Q.-G.; Wei, M.-R.; Pak, H.; Pak, I. (2009). "Early Cretaceous birds and pterosaurs from the Sinuiju Series, and geographic extension of the Jehol Biota into the Korean Peninsula". Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea. 25 (1): 57–61. ISSN 1225-0929.
  10. ^ So, K. S.; Kim, P. H.; Won, C. G. (2024). "First Articulated Rhamphorhynchoid Pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea". Paleontological Journal. 57 (1 supplement): S90–S94. doi:10.1134/S003103012360018X.