Kepodactylus insperatus Harris and Carpenter 1996 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Alternative combination: Kepodactylus imperatus

Full reference: J. D. Harris and K. Carpenter. 1996. A large pterodactyloid from the Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic) of Garden Park, Colorado. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 1996(8):473-484

Belongs to Kepodactylus according to B. Andres et al. 2014

See also Chure et al. 2006, Harris and Carpenter 1996 and Unwin 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: DMNH 21684. Its type locality is Small's Quarry, Garden Park, which is in a Tithonian pond mudstone in the Morrison Formation of Colorado.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Small's Quarry, Garden Park

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