Alcmonavis poeschli Rauhut et al. 2019 (avialan)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: O. W. M. Rauhut, H. Tischlinger, and C. Foth. 2019. A non-archaeopterygid avialan theropod from the Late Jurassic of southern Germany. eLife 8(e43789)

Belongs to Alcmonavis according to O. W. M. Rauhut et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SNSB-BSPG 2017 I 133, a set of limb elements (An almost complete, partly disarticulated skeleton of the right wing). Its type locality is Old Schöpfel Quarry, Schaudiberg, which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone/marl in the Mörnsheim Formation of Germany.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at Old Schöpfel Quarry, Schaudiberg

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