Dearc Jagielska et al. 2022 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Rhamphorhynchidae

Full reference: N. Jagielska, M. O’Sullivan, G. F. Funston, I. B. Butler, T. J. Challands, N. D.L. Clark, N. C. Fraser, A. Penny, D. A. Ross, M. Wilkinson, and S. L. Brusatte. 2022. A skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland illuminates an earlier origin of large pterosaurs. Current Biology 32:1446-1453

Parent taxon: Angustinaripterini according to N. Jagielska et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Dearc sgiathanach

View classification

Type: Dearc sgiathanach

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Rubha nam Brathairean tracksite (south) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.