Arthurdactylus Frey and Martill 1994 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Ornithocheiridae

Full reference: E. Frey and D. M. Martill. 1994. A new pterosaur from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Aptian) of Brazil. Neues Jahrbuch für Paläontologie und Geologie, Abhandlungen 194:379-412

Parent taxon: Ornithocheiridae according to D. M. Unwin and D. M. Martill 2007

See also Frey and Martill 1994, Kellner and Tomida 2000 and Unwin 2003

Sister taxa: Aetodactylus, Araripesaurus, Barbosania, Caulkicephalus, Ornithocheirinae, Pteranodontinae

Subtaxa: Arthurdactylus conandoylei

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Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Nova Olinda quarries (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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