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

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

See also Frey et al. 2006 and Frey and Stinnesbeck 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UNAM IGM 8621, a skeleton (Near complete skeleton with soft tissue remains). Its type locality is El Rosario, which is in a Turonian/Coniacian offshore shelf lime mudstone/marl in Mexico.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at El Rosario

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