Caviramus schesaplanensis Fröbisch and Fröbisch 2006 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: N. B. Fröbisch and J. Fröbisch. 2006. A new basal pterosaur genus from the Upper Triassic of the Northern Calcareous Alps of Switzerland. Palaeontology 49(5):1081-1090

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

See also Fröbisch and Fröbisch 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIMUZ A ⁄ III 1225, a mandible

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at western slope Schesaplana, Northern Calcareous Alps (Triassic of Switzerland)

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