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

Belongs to Dearc according to N. Jagielska et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NMS G.2021.6.1-4, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Rubha nam Brathairean tracksite (south), which is in a Bathonian lagoonal lime mudstone in the Lealt Shale Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Rubha nam Brathairean tracksite (south)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.