Osteornis diomedeus Rodrigues and Kellner 2013 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: T. Rodrigues and A. W. A. Kellner. 2013. Taxonomic review of the Ornithocheirus complex (Pterosauria) from the Cretaceous of England. ZooKeys 308:1-112

Belongs to Osteornis according to T. Rodrigues and A. W. A. Kellner 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMUK PV 39418, a limb element (Distal end of a wing metacarpal)

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Chesterton (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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