The Pterosaur Database Bibliography

Unwin D. M., 1987, A new pterosaur from the Kimmeridge Clay of Kimmeridge, Dorset, Dorset Natural History & Archaeology Society Proceedings, Vol.109 Pp150-153

Unwin D. M., 1987, Reconstructing extinct animals: Did pterosaurs walk or waddle? Anima, 180:39-43

Unwin D. M., 1987, Pterosaur Locomotion - joggers or waddlers? Nature, 327:13-14

Unwin D. M., 1987, Pterosaur extinction: nature and causes. Mém. Soc. géol. Fr. 150, 105–111.

Unwin D. M., 1987, Pterosaur wing bones: engineering the impossible. Palaeont. Assoc. Newsletter p. 22.

Unwin D. M., 1988, New Pterosaurs from Brazil, Nature, Vol.332 Pp.398-399

Unwin D. M., 1988, A new specimen of Dimorphodon and the terrestrial ability of early pterosaurs, Modern Geology, 13(1) 57-68

Unwin D. M., 1988, A new pterosaur from the Kimmeridge Clay of Kimmeridge, Dorset. Proc. Dorset nat. Hist. Archaeol. Soc. 109, 150–153.

Unwin D. M., 1989, A Predictive Method for the Identification of Vertebrate Ichnites and its Application to Pterosaur Tracks, Dinosaur Tracks and Traces, (ed. Gilett D D & Lockley M G) Pp.259-274 Cambridge University Press

Martill D. M. and Unwin D. M., 1989, Exceptionally well preserved pterosaur wing membrane from the Cretaceous of Brazil, Nature, 340:138-140

Fraser C. N. and Unwin D. M., 1990, Pterosaur remains from the Upper Triassic of Britain, N.Jb.Geol.Paleont., Mh.1990 Pp.272-282

Martill D. M., Wilby P. and Unwin D. M., 1990, Stripes on a pterosaur wing. Nature, Lond. 346, 116. (reply to letter by Pennycuick)

Unwin D. M., 1991, The morphology, systematics and evolutionary history of pterosaurs from the Cretaceous Cambridge Greensand of England, University of Reading (Unpublished), Ph.D. Thesis

Unwin D. M., 1992, (Abstract) The phylogeny of the Pterosauria. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 12:57A

Bakhurina N. N. and Unwin D. M., 1992, Sordes pilosus and the function of the fifth toe in pterosaurs. J.Vert.Paleont. 12(2): 18A

Unwin D. M., 1992, Pterosaur wings: the final solution?. Palaeont. Assoc. Newsletter 16, 22.

Unwin D. M., 1992 Wings over the dinosaur world. In Wildlife Fact File Yearbook 1993, 54–59, ed. J.Birdsall. London: International Masters Publishers.

Unwin D. M., Martill D. M. and Bakhurina N. N., 1993, The structure of the wing membrane in pterosaurs. J. Vert. Paleont. 13 (3), 61A.

Unwin D. M. and Bakhurina N. N., 1994, Sordes pilosus and the nature of the pterosaur flight apparatus. Nature 371: 62-64

Bakhurina N. N. and Unwin D. M., 1995, The evidence for "hair" in Sordes and other pterosaurs. J.Vert.Paleont. 15(3, Suppl.): 17A

Unwin D. M. and Bakhurina N. N. 1995, Wing shape in pterosaurs [reply to Peters 1995]. Nature374, 316.

Unwin D. M., 1995, A reassessment, using ontogenetic data, of the systematic status of pterosaurs (Reptilia: Diapsida) from the Upper Jurassic Lithographic Limestones of southern Germany. In II International Symposium on Lithographic Limestones, Lleida-Cuenca, Spain, pp. 151–154. Madrid: Ediciones de la Universidad Autonoma de Madrid.

Bakhurina N. N. and Unwin D. M., 1995, A prelimninary report on the evidence for 'hair' in Sordes pilosus, an Upper Jurassic pterosair from Middle Asia. (In: SUN A.& WANG Y., Sixth Symposium of Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota), China Ocean Press, Beijing, pp. 79-82

Unwin D. M., 1995, Preliminary results of a phylogenetic analysis of the Pterosauria (Diapsida: Archosauria). In Sixth Symposium on Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystems and Biota (ed. A. Sun & Y. Wang), pp. 69–72. Beijing: China Ocean Press.

Steel L, Martill D. M., Unwin D. M. and Winch J. D., 2005, A new pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Wessex Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight, England: Cretaceous Research, vol.26, p.686-698. (Caulkicephalus trimicrodon)

Unwin D. M., Bakhurina N. N., Martill D. M. and Frey E., 1996, The structure, function and evolutionary history of the pterosaur flight apparatus. J. Vert. Paleont. 16 (3), 70A.

Unwin D. M., 1996, Pterosaur tracks and the terrestrial ability of pterosaurs. Lethaia 29, 373–386.

Unwin D. M., 1996, The fossil record of Middle Jurassic pterosaurs. In Morales, M. (ed.), The continental Jurassic. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin, 60, 291-304.

Lockley M. G. and Unwin D. M., 1996, The case for Pteraichnus as a common pterosaurian track: evidence, implications and controversy. J. Vert. Paleont. 16 (3), 49A.

Unwin D. M., Frey E., Martill D. M., Clarke J. B. and Riess J., 1996, On the nature of the pteroid in pterosaurs. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 263, 45–52.

Unwin D. M., Manabe M., Shimizu K. and Hasegawa Y., 1996, First record of pterosaurs from the Early Cretaceous Tetori Group: a wing-phalange from the Amagodani Formation in Shokawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. Bull.Nat.Sci.Mus. Tokyo Ser. C (Geol. & Paleont.) 22, 37–46.

Unwin D. M. and Junchang L., 1997, Zhejiangopterus and the relationship of Cretaceous pterosaurs, Historical Biology 12(2-3), 199-210

Unwin D. M. and Bakhurina N. N., 1997, The significance of soft tissue preservation for understanding the palaeobiology of pterosaurs. J. Morph. 232, 333

Unwin D. M., 1997, Pterosaur tracks and the Terrestrial ability of pterosaurs, Lathaia vol. 29, p. 373-386.

Unwin D. M., 1997, Locomotory roles of the hind limbs in pterosaurs. J. Vert. Paleont. 17 (3), 82A

Wright J. L., Unwin D. M., Lockley M. G. and Rainforth E.C., 1997, Pterosaur tracks from the Purbeck Limestone Formation of Dorset, England. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 108, 39-48.

Unwin D. M., Bakhurina N. N., Lockley M. G., Manabe M. and Li J. 1997, Pterosaurs from Asia. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of Korea, 2, 43-65.

Unwin D. M. and Lu J., 1997, On Zhejiangopterus and the relationship of pterodactyloid pterosaurs. Historical Biology, 12, 199-910.

Unwin D. M., 1999, Pterosaurs: back to the traditional model? TREE 14, 263–268.

Unwin D. M. and Henderson D., 1999, Testing the terrestrial ability of Pterosaurs with computer-based methods, J.V.P. abstracts.

Henderson D. and Unwin D. M., 1999, Mathematical and computational modelling of a walking Pterosaur, J.V.P. abstracts.

Unwin D. and Heinrich W-D.,1999, On a pterosaur jaw from the Upper Jurassic of Tendaguru (Tanzania). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum Fuer Naturkunde in Berlin Geowissenschaftliche Reihe 2, 1999: 121-134

Unwin D. M., 1999, Biology of Pterosaurs, Chapman and Hall, (paperback ISBN 0412390507) (The publication of this text appears to have been delayed and it was expected to be published by 2001)

Unwin D. M., 2000, Sharovipteryx and its significance for the origin of the pterosaur flight apparatus. In Abstracts 5th European Workshop on Vertebrate Palaeontology, p. 83.

Unwin D. M., Alifanov V. R. and Benton M. J., 2000, Enigmatic small reptiles from the Middle-Late Triassic of Kirgizstan. In The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia, ed. M. J. Benton, E. N. Kurochkin, M. A. Shishkin & D. M. Unwin. Cambridge University Press.

Unwin D. M., Lü J. and Bakhurina N. N., 2000, On the systematic and stratigraphic significance of pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation (Jehol Group) of Liaoning, China. Mitt. Mus. Naturk. Berlin Geowiss. Reihe 3, 181–206

Unwin D. M. and Bakhurina N. N., 2000, Pterosaurs from Russia, Middle Asia and Mongolia, in Benton, M J, Shishkin M A, Unwin D M & Kurochkin E N (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia Cambridge Univ. Press, pp. 420-433.

Unwin D. M. and Henderson D. M., 2002, On the trail of the totally integrated pterosaur. Trends in Ecology and Evolution vol. 17 (2), p. 58-59.

Hwang K-G, Huh M., Lockley M. G., Unwin D. M. and Wright J. L., 2002, New pterosaur tracks (Pteraichnidae) from the Late Cretaceous Uhangri Formation, southwestern Korea. Geological Magazine. 139 (4) pp. 421-435 © 2002 Cambridge University Press

Unwin D. M. and Martill D. M., 2003, Soft tissue preservation and its significance for the palaeobiology of pterosaurs 2; pp. 31-34 in European Palaeontological Association, Workshop on Exceptional Preservation. Teruel, 25-27 September 2003.

Unwin D. M., 2003, Smart-winged pterosaurs: Nature, vol.425, p.910-911.

Unwin D. M., 2003, On the phylogeny and evolutionary history of pterosaurs: In: Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, edited by Buffetaut, E., and Mazin, J.-M., Geological Society Special Publication, no.217, p.139-190.

Carpenter K., Unwin D., Cloward K., Miles C. and Miles C., 2003, A new scaphognathine pterosaur from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming, USA: In: Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, edited by Buffetaut, E., and Mazin, J.-M., Geological Society Special Publication, n. 217, p. 45-54. (Harpactognathus gentryii)

Bakhurina N. N. and Unwin D. M., 2004, Reconstructing the flight apparatus of Eudimorphodon: In: Atti del Workshop Eudimorphodon: 30th from Discovery, Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "e. Caffi" Di Bergamo, edited by Renesto, S., Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "Enrico Caffi", vol.22, p. 5-8.

Unwin D. M., 2004, Eudimorphodon and the early history of pterosaurs: In: Atti del Workshop Eudimorphodon: 30th from Discovery, Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "e. Caffi" Di Bergamo, edited by Renesto, S., Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "Enrico Caffi", vol.22, p. 39-46.

Steel L., Martill D. M., Unwin D. M. and Winch J. D., 2005, A new pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Wessex Roemation (Lower Cretaceous) of the Isle of Wight, England. Cretaceous Research. [In Press]

Wilkinson M. T., Unwin D. M. and Ellington C. P., 2005, High lift function of the pteroid bone and forewing of pterosaurs: Proceeding of the Royal Society, ser. B, published online, 8pp

Unwin D. M., Lu J. and Deeming D.C., 2006, Were all Pterosaurs Oviparous? In: Papers from the 2005 Heyuan International Dinosaur Symposium. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China. p.141-167a

Lu J., Jin X., Unwin D. M., Zhao L., Azuma Y. and Ji Q., 2006, A new species of Huaxiapterus (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Western Liaoning, Cina with comments on the systematics of Tapejarid pterosaurs: Acta Geologica Sinica, vol.80, no.3, p.315-326. (Huaxipterus corollatus)

Wilkinson M. T., Unwin D. M. and Ellington C. P., 2006, High lift function of the pteroid bone and forewing of pterosaurs: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B, vol.273, p.119-126.

Lü J., Unwin D. M., Xu L. and Zhang X., 2008, A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of China and its implications for pterosaur phylogeny and evolution. Naturwissenschaften, Volume 95, Issue 9, pp.891-897 Abstract

Claessens L. P. A. M., O'Connor P. M. and Unwin D. M., 2009, Respiratory Evolution Facilitated the Origin of Pterosaur Flight and Aerial Gigantism. PLoS ONE 4(2): e4497. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0004497

Ibrahim N., Unwin D. M., Martill D. M., Baidder L. and Zouhri S., 2010, A New Pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Morocco. PLoS ONE 5(5): e10875. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010875 (Alanqa saharica)

Lü L., Unwin D.M., Deeming D.C., Jin X., Liu Y. and Ji Q., 2011, An Egg-Adult Association, Gender, and Reproduction in Pterosaurs. Science 21 January 2011: Vol. 331 no. 6015 pp. 321- 324 DOI: 10.1126/science.1197323