Cretornis Fritsch 1881 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: A. Fritsch. 1881. Über die Entdeckung von Vogelresten in der böhm. Kreideformation. Sitzungsberichte der Königlichen Böhmischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften 1880:275-276

Parent taxon: Azhdarchoidea according to A. Averianov and B. Ekrt 2015

See also Brodkorb 1978 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxa: Azhdarchidae, Dsungaripteridae, Eopteranodon, Europejara, Leptostomia, Microtuban, Nemicolopterus, Neoazhdarchia, Ornithostoma, Palaeornis cliftii, Protazhdarchidae, Tapejaromorpha, Vectidraco

Subtaxa: Cretornis hlavaci

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Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Zárecká Lhota, Chocen (Cretaceous of Czech Republic)

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