Prejanopterus curvirostris Vidarte and Calvo 2010 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Pterodactylidae

Alternative combination: Prejanopterus curvirostra

Full reference: C. F. Vidarte and M. M. Calvo. 2010. Un nuevo pterosaurio (Pterodactyloidea) en el Cretácico Inferior de La Rioja (España). Boletín Geológico y Minero 121(3):311-328

Belongs to Prejanopterus according to X. Pereda-Suberbiola et al. 2012

See also Torcida Fernández-Baldor et al. 2016 and Vidarte and Calvo 2010

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: F.A. 112, a partial skull (Rostrum). Its type locality is Fuente Amarga, which is in an Aptian lacustrine limestone/sandstone in the Leza Formation of Spain.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Fuente Amarga

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