Genus
Valid Extinct

Caelestiventus

Britt et al. 2018

Caelestiventus is a pterosaur genus from the Late Triassic found in western North America. The type species, Caelestiventus hanseni, honors Robin Hansen, the Bureau of Land Management geologist (BLM), who facilitated access to the excavation site.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Caelestiventus
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3D printed skull of Caelestiventus hanseni. © Matt Wedel · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Macronychoptera Unranked clade
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Dimorphodontidae Family
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Caelestiventus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Nugget Sandstone
1
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Caelestiventus hanseni 237 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
B. B. Britt, F. M. Dalla Vecchia, and D. J. Chure, G. F. Engelmann, M. F. Whiting, R. D. Scheetz . 2018. Caelestiventus hanseni gen. et sp. nov. extends the desert-dwelling pterosaur record back 65 million years. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2:1386-1392 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
V. Sarigul, F. Agnolin, and S. Chatterjee. 2018. Description of a multitaxic bone assemblage from the Upper Triassic Post Quarry of Texas (Dockum Group), including a new small basal dinosauriform taxon. Historia Natural 8(1):5-24