Classification
Pterosauria
Order
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Macronychoptera
Unranked clade
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Novialoidea
Unranked clade
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Breviquartossa
Unranked clade
Fossil sites 115 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Berriasian
(143.1–137.05 Ma)
3
Tithonian
(149.2–143.1 Ma)
26
Kimmeridgian
(154.8–149.2 Ma)
16
Oxfordian
(161.5–154.8 Ma)
9
Callovian
(165.3–161.5 Ma)
7
Bathonian
(168.2–165.3 Ma)
14
Aalenian
(174.7–170.9 Ma)
1
Toarcian
(184.2–174.7 Ma)
37
Sinemurian
(199.5–192.9 Ma)
2
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
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