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Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis

Osteichthyes - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis was named by Frey et al. (2006). Its type specimen is UNAM IGM 8621, a skeleton (Near complete skeleton with soft tissue remains), and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is El Rosario, which is in a Turonian/Coniacian offshore shelf lime mudstone/marl in Mexico. It is the type species of Muzquizopteryx.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis Frey et al. p. 23 figs. 2-6
2014Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis Andres et al.
2014Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis Frey and Stinnesbeck p. 131

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Pteranodontia()
—Aponyctosauria
—Nyctosauridae()
genusMuzquizopteryx
speciescoahuilensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis Frey et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-01-04 11:38:30
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:23
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Coniacian or 93.90000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Mexico (Coahuila) Nyctosauridae indet. (type locality: 92293)