Nyctosaurus lamegoi Price 1953 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: L. I. Price. 1953. A presença de Pterosáuria no Cretáceo Superior do Estado da Paraíba [The presence of Pterosauria in the Upper Cretaceous of Paraíba state]. Ministério da Agricultura, Departamento Nacional da Produção Mineral, Divisão de Geologia e Mineralogie, Notas Preliminares e Estudos 71:1-12

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

See also Charig 1967, Price 1953 and Unwin 2003

Sister taxa: Nyctosaurus bonneri, Nyctosaurus gracilis, Nyctosaurus nanus

Type specimen: DGM 238-R, a limb element (Partial humerus). Its type locality is Right bank of Rio Gramame (Sphenodiscus zone), which is in a Maastrichtian/Maastrichtian carbonate limestone in the Gramame Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Right bank of Rio Gramame (Sphenodiscus zone)

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