Arthurdactylus conandoylei 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

Belongs to Arthurdactylus according to D. M. Unwin and D. M. Martill 2007

See also Frey and Martill 1994 and Unwin 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMNK 1132, a partial skeleton (Postcranial skeleton lacking skull). Its type locality is Nova Olinda quarries, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large lime mudstone/mudstone in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Nova Olinda quarries

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