Species
Valid Extinct

Mesadactylus ornithosphyos

Jensen and Padian 1989

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Classification
Pterosauria Order
Pterodactyloidea Suborder
Mesadactylus Genus
Mesadactylus ornithosphyos Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
J. A. Jensen and K. Padian. 1989. Small pterosaurs and dinosaurs from the Uncompahgre fauna (Brushy Basin Member, Morrison Formation; ?Tithonian), Late Jurassic, western Colorado. Journal of Paleontology 63(3):364-373 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. A. Jensen and K. Padian. 1989. Small pterosaurs and dinosaurs from the Uncompahgre fauna (Brushy Basin Member, Morrison Formation; ?Tithonian), Late Jurassic, western Colorado. Journal of Paleontology 63(3):364-373 DOI ↗