Microtuban altivolans Elgin and Frey 2011 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: R. A. Elgin and E. Frey. 2011. A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Lebanon. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 104(supp. 1):S21-S33

Belongs to Microtuban according to R. A. Elgin and E. Frey 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMNK PAL 6595, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Hadjoula (SMNK collection), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate mudstone in the Sannine Limestone Formation of Lebanon.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Hadjoula (SMNK collection)

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