Aerotitan sudamericanus Novas et al. 2012 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae

Full reference: F. E. Novas, M. Kundrat, F. L. Agnolin, M. D. Ezcurra, P. E. Ahlberg, M. P. Isasi, A. Arriagada and P. Chafrat. 2012. A new large pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(6):1447-1452

Belongs to Aerotitan according to F. E. Novas et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPCN-PV 0054, a partial skull (a partial rostrum). Its type locality is Cerro de Guerra, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Allen Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Cerro de Guerra

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