Reptilia - Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae
Full reference: E. Buffetaut, D. Grigorescu, and Z. Csiki. 2002. A new giant pterosaur with a robust skull from the latest Cretaceous of Romania. Naturwissenschaften 89:180-184
Belongs to Hatzegopteryx according to E. Buffetaut et al. 2002
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: FGGUB R1083, a partial skeleton (Associated skull elements (occiput, right suspensorium), incomplete left humerus and unidentified bone fragments from a single individual). Its type locality is Valioara, Hatzegopteryx holotype site, which is in a Maastrichtian channel siltstone in the Densuş-Ciula Formation of Romania.
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution: found only at Valioara, Hatzegopteryx holotype site
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