Gallodactylus canjuersensis Fabre 1976 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Alternative combination: Cycnorhamphus canjuersensis

Full reference: J. A. Fabre. 1976. Un nouveau Pterodactylidae du Gisement de Canjuers (Var): Gallodactylus canjuerensis, nov. gen., nov. sp. Annales de Paléontologie (Vertébrés) 62:35-70

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

See also Bennett 1996 and Unwin 2003

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CNJ-71, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Canjuers-Les Bessons quarry (micronatum biozone), which is in a Tithonian lagoonal lime mudstone/mudstone in France.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Canjuers-Les Bessons quarry (micronatum biozone)

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