A new pterosaur specimen from the Upper Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation (Cretaceous, Valanginian) of southern England and a review of Lonchodectes sagittirostris (Owen 1874)
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A specimen of a pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Upper Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation (Early Cretaceous, Valanginian) of Bexhill, East Sussex, southern England is described. It comprises a small fragment of jaw with teeth, a partial vertebral column and associated incomplete wing bones. The juxtaposition of the bones suggests that the specimen was originally more complete and articulated. Its precise phylogenetic relationships are uncertain but it represents an indeterminate lonchodectid with affinities to Lonchodectes sagittirostris (Owen 1874) which is reviewed here, and may belong in Lonchodraco Rodrigues & Kellner 2013. This specimen is only the third record of pterosaurs from this formation.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | New perspectives on Pterosaur palaeobiology |
| Editors | D. W. E. Hone, M. P. Witton, D. M. Martill |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Geological Society of London |
| Volume | SP455 |
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| Publication status | Early online - 22 Feb 2017 |
Publication series
| Name | Special Publications |
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| Number | SP455 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0305-8719 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2041-4927 |
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