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地球学报 2010
剪断翼龙的翅膀:对于翼展估计和多样性的评论Abstract: Giantazhdarchidsareperhapsthemostspectacularpterosaursknownand,althoughtheylacktheelaborateheadcrestsorstrikingdentitionthatadornothercharismaticpterosaurs,thesheerenormityoftheirproportionshasdrawnawealthofpopularandscientificinterest.Theirremains,however,aresofragmentarythatonlylimitedinterpretationsoftheiranatomyandtaxonomycanbemadewithcertainty.Here,wereportonrecentinvestigationsintogiantazhdarchidtaxonomyandsizeestimatesthatsuggestbothmaybeover-inflated.
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