Thapunngaka shawi Richards et al. 2021 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Anhangueridae

Full reference: T. M. Richards, P. E. Stumkat, and S. W. Salisbury. 2021. A new species of crested pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea, Anhangueridae) from the Lower Cretaceous (upper Albian) of Richmond, north west Queensland, Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(3):e1946068

Belongs to Thapunngaka according to T. M. Richards et al. 2021

See also Poropat et al. 2023 and Richards et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KKF494, a mandible (rostral portion of a mandible). Its type locality is Free Fossil Hunting Site 1, which is in an Albian marine horizon in the Toolebuc Formation of Australia.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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