On a new crested pterodactyloid from the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Peninsula and the radiation of the clade Anhangueria

Holgado, B. ; Pêgas, R.V. ; Canudo, J.I. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Fortuny, J. ; Rodrigues, T. ; Company, J. ; Kellner, A.W.A.

Resumen: 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.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41280-4

Año: 2019

Publicado en: Scientific Reports 9, 1 (2019), 4940 [10 pp]
ISSN: 2045-2322

Factor impacto JCR: 3.998 (2019)

Categ. JCR: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES rank: 17 / 71 = 0.239 (2019) - Q1 - T1

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.341 - Multidisciplinary (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI-FEDER/CGL2017-82654-P
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO-FEDER/CGL2014-53548-P
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ-DGA/Grupos Consolidados

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Paleontología (Dpto. Ciencias de la Tierra)