Dissertation Research: The Osteology, Taxonomy, and Biologyof the Pterosaur Pteranodon

论文研究：翼龙翼龙的骨学、分类学和生物学

• 批准号: 8700547
• 负责人: Larry Martin
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Kansas Main Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-06-01 至 1989-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8700547&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Osteology; Taxonomy; Biologyof

The osteology of the Mesozoic flying reptile Pteranodon will be studied using American and European museum collections as well as stratigraphic investigations in Kansas. This will lead to quantitative study of the pterosaur's growth and function, and to a revision of its taxonomy. Ancestor-descendant relationships will be interpreted using specimens from China, North America and Europe. Pterosaurs are commonly cited as examples of convergent evolution, and they have been modelled and studied extensively in functional terms. A revised systematic and phylogenetic framework would make past and future work on this group more valuable from an evolutionary perspective.

中生代飞行爬行动物无齿翼龙的骨骼学将利用美国和欧洲博物馆的收藏以及堪萨斯的地层调查进行研究。这将导致翼龙的生长和功能的定量研究，并对其分类进行修订。将使用来自中国、北美和欧洲的标本来解释祖先与后代的关系。翼龙通常被引用为趋同进化的例子，它们已经被广泛地模拟和研究功能。一个修订的系统和系统发育框架将使过去和未来的工作，这组更有价值的进化的角度来看。