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R. Pêgas 🦖🏳️‍🌈
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Brazilian paleontologist
With the wonderful art of Zhao Chuang! Gobiazhdarcho is the larger, red one; Tsogtopteryx is the smaller, blue one.
September 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The article is OA here! peerj.com/articles/197...
Counting with my dear friend Xuanyu Zhou and Prof. Kobayashi
September 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
⚠️Pterosaur alert🔔

Please welcome Gobiazhdarcho and Tsogtopteryx, two azhdarchids from the Bayanshiree Fm. of the Gobi Desert, Mongolia!

Despite known only from cervical remains, these elements are surprisingly informative for Azhdarchidae and help us ID them quite well [+]
September 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
As well as of its phylogenetic affinities.
Here's the paper in case you want to know more!
sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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November 17, 2024 at 4:03 AM
The specimen is a partial neck vertebra. Despite fragmentary, neck vertebrae are superbly informative regarding azhdarchid diversity and phylogeny. Luckily, enough anatomical detail is preserved, allowing for the identification of autapomorphies...

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November 17, 2024 at 4:03 AM
Please welcome the first named pterosaur species from Japan: Nipponopterus mifunensis!!
Thanks to N. Ikegami and X. Zhou for allowing me to take part in this study!
With the magnificent artwork of Zhao Chuang

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November 17, 2024 at 4:03 AM