Genus
Valid Extinct

Piksi

Varricchio 2002

Piksi is a potential pterosaur genus containing the single species Piksi barbarulna. It lived roughly 75 million years ago in what is now Montana, United States. Known from parts of a right wing – the humerus, ulna and radius bones – the only specimens found so far are housed in the Museum of the Rockies. The genus Piksi is monotypic at present.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Pteranodontia Unranked clade
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Ornithocheiroidea Superfamily
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Piksi Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Two Medicine
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Piksi barbarulna 84 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
D. J. Varricchio. 2002. A new bird from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 39(1):19-26 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
D. J. Varricchio. 2002. A new bird from the Upper Cretaceous Two Medicine Formation of Montana. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 39(1):19-26 DOI ↗