Reappraisal ofGwawinapterus beardifrom the Late Cretaceous of Canada: a saurodontid fish, not a pterosaur

2012/08/28 by Romain Vullo, Éric Buffetaut, Michael J. Everhart · 3 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Ichthyology and Marine Biology #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology

paper · doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.681078

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Abstract

Gwawinapterus beardi was described as an istiodactylid pterosaur on the basis of a single fragmentary toothed upper jaw (premaxilla-maxilla) from the late Campanian marine strata of the Northumberl...

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• A small azhdarchoid pterosaur from the latest Cretaceous, the age of flying giants
• Gwawinapterus [wikipedia]
• Ichthyodectiformes [wikipedia]