Wightia Martill et al. 2020 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Tapejaridae

Full reference: D. M. Martill, M. Green, R. E. Smith, M. L. Jacobs, and J. Winch. 2020. First tapejarid pterosaur from the Wessex Formation (Wealden Group: Lower Cretaceous, Barremian) of the United Kingdom. Cretaceous Research 113(104487)

Parent taxon: Tapejaridae according to D. M. Martill et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Afrotapejara, Chaoyangopterinae, Huaxiapterus, Ingridia, Sinopterus, Tapejara, Tapejarinae, Thalassodrominae, Tupandactylus

Subtaxa: Wightia declivirostris

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Ecology: volant frugivore

Distribution: found only at Yaverland bed 38 (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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