Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: N. R. Longrich, D. M. Martill, and B. Andres. 2018. Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. PLoS Biology 16(3):e2001663:1-38

Parent taxon: Aponyctosauria according to A. E. Fernandes et al. 2022

See also Longrich et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Alcione, Epapatelo, Nyctosauridae

Subtaxa: Simurghia robusta

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Type: Simurghia robusta

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Sidi Daoui [middle Couche III] (general) (Cretaceous of Morocco)

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