Europejara olcadesorum Vullo et al. 2012 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: R. Vullo, J. Marugán-Lobón, A. W. A. Kellner, A. D. Buscaloni, B. Gomez, M. Fuente, and J. J. Moratalla. 2012. A new crested pterosaur from the Early Cetaceous of Spain: the first European tapejarid (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea). PLoS ONE 7(7):e38900

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

See also Torcida Fernández-Baldor et al. 2016 and Vullo et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCCM-LH 9413, a partial skull (jaws and post-orbital elements of the skull preserved on part and counterpart slabs). Its type locality is Las Hoyas (MCCM collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone/packstone in the La Huérguina Formation of Spain.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Las Hoyas (MCCM collection)

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