Kryptodrakon progenitor Andres et al. 2014 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: B. Andres, J. Clark, and X. Xu. 2014. The earliest pterodactyloid and the origin of the group. Current Biology 24:1011-1016

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

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: IVPP V18184, a partial skeleton (Incomplete postcranium). Its type locality is Wucaiwan pterosaur, which is in an Oxfordian alluvial fan mudstone in the Shishugou Formation of China.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Wucaiwan pterosaur

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