Genus ISTIODACTYLUS

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Animalia / Chordata
Cephalochordata / Gnathostomata
Reptilia / Diapsida / Archosauromorpha
n.a. / Archosauria / Pterosauria
Pterodactyloidea / n.a.
n.a. / Istiodactylidae
n.a. / Istiodactylus
Age:
Distribution:
Early Cretaceous
Western Europe
Note: Re-examination of the original fossil material described as Ornithodesmus cluniculus has shown that this may actually belong to a small dromaeosaurid dinosaur. Pterosaurian remains later synonymized with Ornisthodesmus were then renamed Istiodactylus.

Depicted on:

Central African Republic, 2021 (position 2 of sheet, but based on O. cluniculus)
Central African Republic, 2023 (M.S., as O. cluniculus)
Comoros, 1998 (position 9 of sheet 2)
Djibouti, 2021 (position 3 of sheet)
Guinea-Bissau, 2010 (M.S.)
Lesotho, 1998 (position 8 of sheet 1)
Liberia, 2022 (M.S. 2 margin, as O. cluniculus)
Niger, 2017 (position 4 of sheet)
Palau, 1995 (position 8 of sheet)
 
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