Bergamodactylus wildi Kellner, 2015
Systematics: Pterosauria Macronychoptera Novialoidea Campylognathoididae
Size: 50 cm wingspan
Type Horizon and Locality: Late Triassic, Zorzino Limestone Formation (Norian) Lombardy, Italy
Type Specimen: MPUM 6009, partial skeleton
Bergamodactylus, with an estimated wingspan of less than 50 cm, was one of the smallest pterosaurs. It is known from a single partial skeleton which was originally described as a juvenile specimen of Eudimorphodon ranzii. Bergamodactylus is possibly the same animal than Carniadactylus.
March 2, 2020
References:
Dalla Vecchia, F. M. (2018). Comments on Triassic pterosaurs with a commentary on the" ontogenetic stages" of Kellner (2015) and the validity of Bergamodactylus wildi. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 124(2).
Kellner, A. W. (2015). Comments on Triassic pterosaurs with discussion about ontogeny and description of new taxa. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 87(2), 669-689.
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