Leptostomia begaaensis Smith et al. 2020 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: R. E. Smith, D. M. Martill, A. Kao, S. Zouhri, and N. Longrich. 2020. A long-billed, possible probe-feeding pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: ?Azhdarchoidea) from the mid-Cretaceous of Morocco, North Africa. Cretaceous Research 104643

Belongs to Leptostomia according to R. E. Smith et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: FSAC-KK 5075, a partial skull (Partial rostrum, anterior to nasoantorbital fenestra and missing tip). Its type locality is Aferdou N'Chaft, which is in a Cenomanian fluvial sandstone in the Ifezouane Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Aferdou N'Chaft

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