Pteraichnus longipodus Fuentes Vidarte et al. 2004 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Pteraichnidae

Full reference: C. Fuentes Vidarte, M. Meijide Calvo, F. Meijide Fuentes and M. Meijide Fuentes. 2004. Pteraichnus longipidus nov. ichnosp. en la Sierra de Oncala (Soria, España) [Pteraichnus longipidus nov. ichnosp. in theSierra de Oncala (Soria, Spain)]. Studi Geologica Salmanticensia 40:103-114

Belongs to Pteraichnus according to B. Sánchez-Hernández et al. 2009

See also Fuentes Vidarte et al. 2004 and Li et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Pteraichnus cidacoi, Pteraichnus dongyangensis, Pteraichnus koreanensis, Pteraichnus manueli, Pteraichnus nipponensis, Pteraichnus palacieisaenzi, Pteraichnus parvus, Pteraichnus saltwashensis, Pteraichnus stokesi, Pteraichnus vetustior, Pteraichnus yanguoxiaensis

Type specimen: MNS 2003/92/5, a footprint. Its type locality is Barranco de Serrantes tracksites, which is in a Berriasian terrestrial sandstone in the Huérteles Formation of Spain.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Barranco de Serrantes tracksites

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