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Pterosaur Body Size Evolution

Pterosaur Body Size Evolution is a theoretical construct in vertebrate paleontology that characterizes the temporal and phylogenetic patterns of morphological change in body size across pterosaur lineages throughout their evolutionary history.

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107

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73

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2017–2026

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Publications

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Pterosaur from the Latest Cretaceous of West Texas: Discovery of the Largest Flying Creature

Douglas A. Lawson · Science · 1975 · 175 citations

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Timing of the earliest known feathered dinosaurs and transitional pterosaurs older than the Jehol Biota

Yongqing Liu, Hongwei Kuang, Xiaojun Jiang et al. · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology · 2012 · 99 citations

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Year-classes of pterosaurs from the Solnhofen Limestone of Germany: taxonomic and systematic implications

S. Christopher Bennett · Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology · 1996 · 98 citations

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A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China and its implications for pterosaur phylogeny and evolution

Junchang Lü, David M. Unwin, Li Xu et al. · Die Naturwissenschaften · 2008 · 91 citations

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Competition and constraint drove Cope's rule in the evolution of giant flying reptiles

Roger Benson, Rachel A. Frigot, Anjali Goswami et al. · Nature Communications · 2014 · 87 citations · Full text

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Authors

107

  1. DM
    David M. Unwin

    University of Leicester, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 157 citations

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    Lü

    Case Western Reserve University, United States

    3 publications · 46 citations

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  3. JU
    Junchang

    3 publications · 46 citations

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  4. JL
    Junchang Lü

    Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, China

    3 publications · 172 citations

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  5. EM
    Elizabeth Martin‐Silverstone

    University of Bristol, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 87 citations

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Institutions

73

  1. University of Bristol

    Bristol, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    393 citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences

    Beijing, China

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    667 citations

  3. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    381 citations

  4. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    95 citations

  5. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    157 citations

  6. University of Southampton

    Southampton, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    187 citations

  7. University of Portsmouth

    Portsmouth, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    123 citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    160 citations

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  1. Evolution

    3 publications · 59 citations

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  2. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

    JVP · 3 publications · 192 citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    3 publications · 138 citations

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  4. Journal of Evolutionary Biology

    JEB · 3 publications · 97 citations

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  5. 地质学报：英文版

    3 publications · 46 citations

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