Harpactognathus gentryii Carpenter et al. 2003 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: K. Carpenter, D. M. Unwin, K. C. Cloward, C. A. Miles, and C. 2003. A new scaphognathine pterosaur from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming, USA. E. Buffetaut & J.-M. Mazin (eds.), Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, Geological Society Special Publication 217:45-54

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

See also Carpenter et al. 2003 and Chure et al. 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NAMAL 101. Its type locality is Bone Cabin Quarry West (BCQ West), which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian terrestrial sandstone/mudstone in the Morrison Formation of Wyoming.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Bone Cabin Quarry West (BCQ West)

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