Reptilia - Pterosauria - Ornithocheiridae
Full reference: R. A. Elgin and E. Frey. 2011. A new ornithocheirid, Barbosania gracilirostris gen. et sp. nov. (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Santana Formation (Cretaceous) of NE Brazil. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 130(259)
Belongs to Barbosania according to R. A. Elgin and E. Frey 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNHS/00/85, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Chapada do Araripe [Romualdo Fm.] (general), which is in an Aptian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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