First pterosaur remains from the Early Cretaceous Lagerstätte of Las Hoyas, Spain: palaeoecological significance
2009; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 146; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0016756809990525
ISSN1469-5081
AutoresRomain Vullo, Ángela Delgado Buscalioni, Jesús Marugán‐Lobón, José Joaquín Moratalla García,
Tópico(s)Evolution and Paleontology Studies
ResumoAbstract Pterosaur teeth from the Early Cretaceous Lagerstätte of Las Hoyas (Spain) are described. We reassess the track from this site previously ascribed to a pterosaur, concluding that it is a theropod footprint. The teeth belong to two pterodactyloid taxa: a basal Istiodactylidae similar to Haopterus and an indeterminate Ornithocheiridae. From a palaeoecological point of view, the occurrence of such pterosaurs in the freshwater wetland palaeobiota of Las Hoyas strengthens the evidence of the similarity of this Spanish locality to the famous Early Cretaceous Lagerstätten of Liaoning in China.
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