Full reference: J. A. Jensen and K. Padian. 1989. Small pterosaurs and dinosaurs from the Uncompahgre fauna (Brushy Basin Member, Morrison Formation; ?Tithonian), Late Jurassic, western Colorado. Journal of Paleontology 63(3):364-373
Parent taxon: Pterodactyloidea according to K. Carpenter et al. 2003
See also Chure et al. 2006, Jensen and Padian 1989 and Smith et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Agadirichnidae, Araripedactylus, Araripedactylus dehmi, Araripesaurus castilhoi, Archaeopterodactyloidea, Ardeadactylus, Aurorazhdarchidae, Azhdarchoidea, Belonochasmatidae, Cearadactylidae, Dermodactylus montanus, Doratorhynchus validus, Dsungaripteroidea, Eupterodactyloidea, Haenamichnus, Herbstosaurus, Kryptodrakon, Lonchodraconidae, Lophocratia, Ningchengopterus, Nyctosaurus, Ornithocheiridae, Ornithocheirus brachyrhinus, Ornithocheirus bunzeli, Ornithocheirus carteri, Ornithocheirus crassidens, Ornithocheirus dentatus, Ornithocheirus enchorhynchus, Ornithocheirus eurygnathus, Ornithocheirus oxyrhinus, Ornithocheirus scaphorhynchus, Ornithocheirus tenuirostris, Ornithocheirus xyphorhynchus, Ornithodesmidae, Osteornis, Pteranodontia, Pterodactylus grandipelvis, Pterodactylus grandis, Pterodactylus longipes, Pterodactylus woodwardi, Santanadactylus pricei, Saraikisauridae, Tendaguripteridae, Titanopterygiidae, Wenupteryx
Subtaxa: Mesadactylus ornithosphyos
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution: found only at Dry Mesa Quarry [BYU] (Jurassic of Colorado)
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