Alternative combination: Ornithodesmus latidens
Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1901. Dragons of the air, an account of extinct flying reptiles 1-239
Belongs to Istiodactylus according to B. Andres et al. 2014
See also Andres and Ji 2006, Charig 1967, Headden and Campos 2014, Unwin 2003 and Vila Nova et al. 2014
Sister taxon: Istiodactylus sinensis
Type specimen: BMNH R176, a partial skeleton (incomplete skull, axial skeleton, wings). Its type locality is Brook (Fox collection) [PROXY], which is in a Barremian terrestrial horizon in the Wessex Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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