Aetodactylus Myers 2010 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Ornithocheiridae

Full reference: T. S. Myers. 2010. A new ornithocheiroid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Turonian) Eagle Ford Group of Texas. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(1):280-287

Parent taxon: Ornithocheiridae according to T. S. Myers 2010

See also Andres and Myers 2013 and Pegas et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Araripesaurus, Arthurdactylus, Barbosania, Caulkicephalus, Ornithocheirinae, Pteranodontinae

Subtaxa: Aetodactylus halli

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Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Joe Pool Lake, Mansfield (SMU 424) (Cretaceous of Texas)

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