Sordes pilosus Sharov 1971 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Rhamphorhynchidae

Full reference: A. G. Sharov. 1971. Novye letayushche reptilii is Mesosoya Kazachstana i Kirgizii [New Mesozoic flying reptiles from Kazakhstan and Kirgizia]. Trudy Paleontologicheskiya Instituta Akademiy Nauk SSSR 130:104-113

Belongs to Sordes according to B. Andres et al. 2014

See also Bakhurina and Unwin 1995, Sharov 1971 and Unwin 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIN 2585/3, a skeleton (Almost complete skeleton with soft tissues). Its type locality is Aulie, Mikhailovka, Karatau [PIN Loc. 2585], which is in an Oxfordian lacustrine - large shale in the Karabastau Formation of Kazakhstan.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Aulie, Mikhailovka, Karatau [PIN Loc. 2585]

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