Ferrodraco lentoni Pentland et al. 2019 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Anhangueridae

Full reference: A. H. Pentland, S. F. Poropat, T. R. Tischler, T. Sloan, R. A. Elliott, H. A. Elliott, J. A. Elliott and D. A. Elliott. 2019. Ferrodraco lentoni gen. et sp. nov., a new ornithocheirid pterosaur from the Winton Formation (Cenomanian-lower Turonian) of Queensland, Australia. Scientific Reports 9(13454)

Belongs to Ferrodraco according to A. H. Pentland et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AODF 876, a partial skeleton (Anterior portion of skull comprising partial premaxillae, maxillae and dentaries (including premaxillary and mandibular crests and the mandibular symphysis); pa). Its type locality is Ho-Hum site, Belmont Station (AODL 0082), which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian floodplain siltstone in the Winton Formation of Australia.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Ho-Hum site, Belmont Station (AODL 0082)

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