Pteraichnus parvus Meijide Calvo 2001 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Pteraichnidae

Belongs to Pteraichnus according to B. Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2009

See also Fuentes Vidarte et al. 2004 and Li et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Pteraichnus cidacoi, Pteraichnus dongyangensis, Pteraichnus koreanensis, Pteraichnus longipodus, Pteraichnus manueli, Pteraichnus nipponensis, Pteraichnus palacieisaenzi, Pteraichnus saltwashensis, Pteraichnus stokesi, Pteraichnus vetustior, Pteraichnus yanguoxiaensis

Type specimen: MNS 3002/92/2, a footprint. Its type locality is Valloria I tracksite, which is in a Berriasian terrestrial sandstone in the Huérteles Formation of Spain.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Valloria I tracksite

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