Haliskia peterseni Pentland et al. 2024 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Anhangueridae

Full reference: A. H. Pentland, S. F. Poropat, R. J. Duncan, A. W. A. Kellner, R. A. M. Bantim, J. J. Bevitt, A. M. Tait and K. Grice. 2024. Haliskia peterseni, a new anhanguerian pterosaur from the late Early Cretaceous of Australia. Scientific Reports 14(11789):1-22

Belongs to Haliskia according to A. H. Pentland et al. 2024

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: KK F1426, a partial skeleton (Anterior portion of skull including partial premaxillary crest; complete mandible; both ceratobranchials; one cervical vertebra, one dorsal vertebra; twelve dor). Its type locality is Dig Site Three, NW of Richmond, which is in an Albian offshore lime mudstone/siltstone in the Toolebuc Formation of Australia.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Dig Site Three, NW of Richmond

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