A Reappraisal of Azhdarchid Pterosaur Functional Morphology and Paleoecology (original) (raw)
Figure 7
Suggested modern analogues of azhdarchids.
A, anterior premaxilla of the western sandpiper (Calidris mauri) showing densely packed Herbst corpuscles, dorsal view [after 110]; B, skull of the probing common snipe (Gallinago gallinago); C, skull of the black skimmer (Rynchops nigra) ; D, skull of the northern ground hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus). Scale bars represent 1 mm (A) and 10 mm (B–D).