First pterosaur remains from the Early Cretaceous Lagerstatte of Las Hoyas, Spain: palaeoecological significance

作者：Vullo Romain^*; Buscalioni Angela D; Marugan Lobon Jesus; Moratalla Jose J

来源：Geological Magazine, 2009, 146(6): 931-936.

DOI：10.1017/S0016756809990525

• Cretaceous
• Barremian
• Spain
• Pterosauria
• Las Hoyas Lagerstatte

Pterosaur teeth from the Early Cretaceous Lagerstatte 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 Lagerstatten of Liaoning in China.

• 出版日期2009-11