Reptilia - Pterosauria - Dimorphodontidae

Full reference: B. B. Britt, F. M. Dalla Vecchia, D. J. Chure, G. F. Engelmann, M. F. Whiting and R. D. Scheetz. 2018. Caelestiventus hanseni gen. et sp. nov. extends the desert-dwelling pterosaur record back 65 million years. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2:1386-1392

Parent taxon: Dimorphodontidae according to B. B. Britt et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Dimorphodon, Peteinosaurus

Subtaxa: Caelestiventus hanseni

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Type: Caelestiventus hanseni

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Saints & Sinners Quarry, BYU loc. 1442 (Triassic of Utah)

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