Mimodactylus libanensis Kellner et al. 2019 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Mimodactylidae

Full reference: A. W. A. Kellner, M. W. Caldwell, B. Holgado, F. M. Dalla Vecchia, R. Nohra, J. M. Sayão, and P. J. Currie. 2019. First complete pterosaur from the Afro-Arabian continent: insight into pterodactyloid diversity. Scientific Reports 9:17875:1-9

Belongs to Mimodactylus according to A. W. A. Kellner et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MIM F1, a partial skeleton (Almost complete skeleton). Its type locality is Hadjoula (SMNK collection), which is in a Cenomanian carbonate mudstone in the Sannine Limestone Formation of Lebanon.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Hadjoula (SMNK collection)

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