Rhamphorhynchus etchesi O'Sullivan and Martill 2015 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Rhamphorhynchidae

Full reference: M. O'Sullivan and D. M. Martill. 2015. Evidence for the presence of Rhamphorhynchus (Pterosauria: Rhamphorhynchinae) in the Kimmeridge Clay of the UK. Proceedings of the Geologist's Association 126(3):390-401

Belongs to Rhamphorhynchus according to M. O'Sullivan and D. M. Martill 2015

Sister taxa: Rhamphorhynchus curtimanus, Rhamphorhynchus hirundinaceus, Rhamphorhynchus longimanus, Rhamphorhynchus muensteri, Rhamphorhynchus tendagurensis

Type specimen: MJML K-1597, a partial skeleton (Associated elements from a left and right wing). Its type locality is Encombe Bay pterosaur, which is in a Tithonian shallow subtidal mudstone in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Encombe Bay pterosaur

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