Genus
Valid Extinct

Muzquizopteryx

Frey et al. 2006

Muzquizopteryx is a genus of nyctosaurid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of what is now Coahuila, Mexico.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Muzquizopteryx
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Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis (Familyː Nyctosauridae) is a species of nyctosaurid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period (early Coniacian stage) of what is now Coahuila, Mexico. © Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Pteranodontia Unranked clade
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Aponyctosauria Unranked clade
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Nyctosauridae Unranked clade
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Muzquizopteryx Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇽 Mexico
2
Temporal distribution
Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis 94 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
E. Frey, M.-C. Buchy, and W. Stinnesbeck, A. González González, A. di Stefano. 2006. Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis n. g., n. sp., a nyctosaurid pterosaur with soft tissue preservation from the Coniacian (Late Cretaceous) of northeast Mexico (Coahuila). Oryctos 6:19-39
Bibliography (2)
E. Frey, R. A. Elgin, and W. Stinnesbeck, J. M. Padilla-Gutierrez, C. Ifrim, S. Giersch, A. H. Gonzalez-Gonzalez. 2012. A new specimen of nyctosaurid pterosaur, cf. Muzquizopteryx sp. from the Late Cretaceous of northeast Mexico. Revista Mexican de Ciencais Geologicas 29:131-139
E. Frey, M.-C. Buchy, and W. Stinnesbeck, A. González González, A. di Stefano. 2006. Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis n. g., n. sp., a nyctosaurid pterosaur with soft tissue preservation from the Coniacian (Late Cretaceous) of northeast Mexico (Coahuila). Oryctos 6:19-39