Cuspicephalus Martill and Etches 2013 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: D. M. Martill and S. Etches. 2013. A new monofenestratan pterosaur from the Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Kimmeridgian, Upper Jurassic) of Dorset, England. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(2):285-294

Parent taxon: Monofenestrata according to D. M. Martill and S. Etches 2013

Sister taxa: Caelidracones, Changchengopterus, Darwinopterus, Douzhanopterus, Pterodactylus, Wukongopterus

Subtaxa: Cuspicephalus scarfi

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Type: Cuspicephalus scarfi

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Kimmeridge Bay foreshore (Etches collection) (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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