Ornithocheirus wiedenrothi Wild 1990 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Alternative combination: Targaryendraco wiedenrothi

Full reference: R. Wild. 1990. Ein Flugsaurierrest (Reptilia, Pterosauria) aus der Unterkreide (Hauterive) von Hannover (Niedersachen). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 181:241-254

Belongs to Ornithocheirus according to R. Wild 1990

See also Barrett et al. 2008 and Pegas et al. 2020

Sister taxon: Ornithocheirus simus

Type specimen: SMNS 56628, a partial skeleton (Very fragmentary cranial and postcranial remains). Its type locality is Clay Pit, Engelbostel, Hannover, which is in a Hauterivian offshore claystone in Germany.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Clay Pit, Engelbostel, Hannover

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