פטרוזאוריה
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1 2  Witton, 2013, p. 1–3
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1 2  Witton, 2013, p. 49–51.
↑  Czerkas, Stephen A., and Qiang Ji (2002), "A new rhamphorhynchoid with a headcrest and complex integumentary structures.", Feathered Dinosaurs and the origin of flight 1: 15-41.
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↑  גולגולתו של אאוטריצרטופס הייתה בערך באורך של 3 מטר אך כבדה יותר מאלו של הפטרוזאורים. גולגולתו המוצקה של טריצרטופס הגיעה לאורך 2.5 מטר, הייתה קצרה יותר מזו של הטצגופטריקס (3 מטר) אך הייתה כבדה יותר בשל מסת העצם והשרירים שבה.
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↑  Wang, Xiaolin, and Zhonghe Zhou (2004), "Palaeontology: pterosaur embryo from the early cretaceous.", Nature 429(6992): 621-621.
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↑  Witton, 2013, p. 13
1 2  Witton, 2013, Chapter 3 (p.12–22)
↑  Witton, 2013, p. 93
↑  Lü, Junchang, et al (2010), "Evidence for modular evolution in a long-tailed pterosaur with a pterodactyloid skull.", Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277(1680): 383-389.
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גולגולות של מיני פטרוזאורים שונים: בפינה השמאלית העליונה, Guidraco; בפינה הימנית העליונה, אנהגוארה (למעלה) ו-Dsungaripterus (למטה); שתי הגולגולות באמצע שייכות ל-Tupandactylus (העליונה) ו-Tupuxuara (התחתונה); בפינה השמאלית התחתונה; מין לא מזוהה.
השוואת אורכי הגולגולות של הטצגופטריקס (למעלה), ספינוזאורוס (ימין) וגיגאנוטוזאורוס (שמאל).
שחזור של חבורת פטרנודונים מעופפים על רקע פגיעת המטאוריט שיצר את מכתש צ'יקשולוב, ואולי היה הגורם להכחדת קרטיקון-שלישון.