Research News: A new darwinopteran pterosaur reveals arborealism and an opposed thumb, Xuanyu Zhou (D2, Paleobiology Lab., Earth and Planetary System Science division, Natural History Sciences dept.)

Apr. 13, 2021

A research team including Xuanyu Zhou (Paleobiology Laboratory, 2nd year Doctoral course student of the Earth and Planetary System Science division in the Natural History Sciences department) published their research achievement.

Press release in Japanese

Read the original article on Current Biology

Article information:
Xuanyu Zhou, Rodrigo V. Pêgas, Waisum Ma, Gang Han, Xingsheng Jin, Maria E.C. Leal, Niels Bonde, Yoshitsugu Kobayashi, Stephan Lautenschlager, Xuefang Wei, Caizhi Shen, Shu’an Ji,
A new darwinopteran pterosaur reveals arborealism and an opposed thumb,
Current Biology, Volume 31, Issue 11, 2021, Pages 2429-2436.e7, ISSN 0960-9822.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.030