Muzquizopteryx Frey et al. 2006 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Nyctosauridae

Full reference: E. Frey, M.-C. Buchy, W. Stinnesbeck, A. González González, and A. Stefano. 2006. Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis n. g., n. sp., a nyctosaurid pterosaur with soft tissue preservation from the Coniacian (Late Cretaceous) of northeast Mexico (Coahuila). Oryctos 6:19-39

Parent taxon: Nyctosauridae according to E. Frey et al. 2006

See also Andres et al. 2014 and Frey and Stinnesbeck 2014

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis

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Type: Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at El Rosario (Cretaceous of Mexico)

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