Nesodactylus Colbert 1969 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Rhamphorhynchidae

Full reference: E. H. Colbert. 1969. A Jurassic pterosaur from Cuba. American Museum Novitates 2370:1-26

Parent taxon: Rhamphorhynchinae according to J. Lu et al. 2015

See also Andres et al. 2014, Carroll 1988, Colbert 1969, Galton 1981 and Unwin 2003

Sister taxa: Angustinaripterini, Angustinaripterus, Cacibupteryx, Dorygnathus, Orientognathus, Pterorhynchus, Qinglongopterus, Rhamphocephalus, Rhamphorhynchus, Sericipterus

Subtaxa: Nesodactylus hesperius

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Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Hoyo del Palmar; 10 km NE ViƱales (Jurassic of Cuba)

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