Species
Valid Extinct

Dearc sgiathanach

Jagielska et al. 2022

No Wikipedia summary available.

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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Macronychoptera Unranked clade
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Novialoidea Unranked clade
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Breviquartossa Unranked clade
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Rhamphorhynchidae Family
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Rhamphorhynchinae Subfamily
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Angustinaripterini Tribe
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Dearc Genus
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Dearc sgiathanach Species
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
Geological formations
Lealt Shale
1
Temporal distribution
Bathonian (168.2–165.3 Ma)
1
Bibliography
Original description
N. Jagielska, M. O’Sullivan, and G. F. Funston, I. B. Butler, T. J. Challands, N. DL Clark, N. C. Fraser, A. Penny, D. A. Ross, M. Wilkinson, S. L. Brusatte. 2022. A skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland illuminates an earlier origin of large pterosaurs. Current Biology 32:1446-1453 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
N. Jagielska, M. O’Sullivan, and G. F. Funston, I. B. Butler, T. J. Challands, N. DL Clark, N. C. Fraser, A. Penny, D. A. Ross, M. Wilkinson, S. L. Brusatte. 2022. A skeleton from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland illuminates an earlier origin of large pterosaurs. Current Biology 32:1446-1453 DOI ↗