Petrodactyle wellnhoferi Hone et al. 2023 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Gallodactylidae

Full reference: D. W. E. Hone, R. Lauer, and F. Spindler. 2023. Petrodactyle wellnhoferi gen. et sp. nov.: A new and large ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of Germany. Palaeontologia Electronica

Belongs to Petrodactyle according to D. W. E. Hone et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: LF 2809, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is "Schaudiberg Quarry" Petrodactyle holotype locality, which is in a Tithonian marine limestone in the Mörnsheim Formation of Germany.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at "Schaudiberg Quarry" Petrodactyle holotype locality

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