Agadirichnus elegans Ambroggi and Lapparent 1954 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Agadirichnidae

Full reference: R. Ambroggi and A. F. d. Lapparent. 1954. Les empreintes de pas fossiles du Maestrichtien d'Agadir [The fossil footprints from the Maastrichtian of Agadir]. Notes et Mémoires du Service Géologique du Maroc 124:44-57

Belongs to Agadirichnus according to M. Masrour et al. 2018

See also Ambroggi and Lapparent 1954, Haubold 1974, Masrour et al. 2017 and Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FSA.G.54 (neotype), a footprint (isolated pes print). Its type locality is Tagannt n'ait Salah tracksite, which is in a Maastrichtian shallow subtidal sandstone in the Tagragra Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Tagannt n'ait Salah tracksite

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