Plataleorhynchus streptophorodon Howse and Milner 1995 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: S. C. B. Howse and A. R. Milner. 1995. The pterodactyloids from the Purbeck Limestone Formation of Dorset. Bulletin of the Natural History Musuem, London (Geology) 51(1):73-88

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

See also Howse and Milner 1995 and Unwin 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH R.11967, a partial skull (Rostrum). Its type locality is Langton Matravers pterosaurs (PROXY), which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the United Kingdom.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Langton Matravers pterosaurs (PROXY)

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