On a new crested pterodactyloid from the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula and the radiation of the clade Anhangueria
Holgado, Borja (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
Pêgas, Rodrigo V. (Laboratory of Systematics and Taphonomy of Fossil Vertebrates)
Canudo, José Ignacio (Universidad de Zaragoza. Grupo Aragosaurus-IUCA)
Fortuny, Josep (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
Rodrigues, Taissa (Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo)
Company, Julio (Universitat Politècnica de València. Departament d'Enginyeria del Terreny)
Kellner, Alexander W. A. (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Date:	2019
Abstract:	The pterosaur record from the Iberian Peninsula is mostly scarce and undefined, but in the last few years some new taxa have been described from different Lower Cretaceous sites of Spain. Here we describe a new genus and species of toothed pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian of the Iberian Peninsula, Iberodactylus andreui gen. et sp. nov. , that shows a close and rather unexpected relationship with Hamipterus tianshanensis from China. A review of the phylogenetic relationships of the Anhangueria reveals a new family of pterodactyloid pterosaurs, the Hamipteridae fam. nov. being recovered as sister-group of the Anhangueridae. This latter clade can be in turn divided into the new clades Anhanguerinae and Coloborhynchinae. The close relationships of Iberodactylus and Hamipterus shows an interesting palaeobiogeographical correlation between the Chinese and Iberian pterosaur faunas during the Barremian (Lower Cretaceous). The discovery of Iberodactylus strongly suggests that the clade Anhangueria has clear ancestral ties in eastern Laurasia.
Grants:	Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad CGL2014-53548 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad CGL2017-82654-P Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017/SGR-86
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Palaeontology ; Taxonomy
Published in:	Scientific reports, Vol. 9 (March 2019) , art. 4940, ISSN 2045-2322

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41280-4
PMID: 30894614

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