Noripterus parvus Bakhurina 1982 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Dsungaripteridae

Alternative combinations: Dsungaripterus parvus, Phobetor parvus

Full reference: N. N. Bakhurina. 1982. [A pterodactyl from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 1982(4):104-108

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

See also Bakhurina 1993, Lü et al. 2009, Murry et al. 1991, Shuvalov 2000 and Unwin 2003

Sister taxon: Noripterus complicidens

Type specimen: PIN 3953, a set of limb elements. Its type locality is Tatal [SMPE], which is in a Valanginian/Barremian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Tsagaantsav Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Tatal [SMPE]

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