List of pterosaur-bearing stratigraphic units
This is a list of stratigraphic units, where pterosaur fossils have been recovered from. Units listed are all either formation rank or higher (e.g. group).
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Caturrita Formation[3] |
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Cerro del Pueblo Formation |
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Chenini Formation |
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Chipping Norton Formation |
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?Clarens Formation |
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Cornet Bauxite |
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Curtis/Stump Formation |
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Densus-Ciula Formation |
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Dunvegan Formation |
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Eagle Ford Formation |
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Erlhaz Formation |
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Gault Clay |
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Gosau Formation |
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"Great Oolite" |
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Hampen Marly Formation |
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Hanson Formation |
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Hasandong Formation |
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Hastings Beds |
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Hell Creek Formation |
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Ilek Formation |
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Chaoyangopterus, Eoazhdarcho, Eopteranodon, "Huaxiapterus", Jidapterus, Liaoningopterus, Liaoxipterus, Nemicolopterus, Nurhachius, Sinopterus | ||
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Kem Kem Beds |
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Khilok Formation |
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Khodzhakul Formation |
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Kimmeridge Clay |
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Kota Formation |
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Luohangdong Formation |
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Melovatka Formation |
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Merchantville Formation |
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Mishash Formation |
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Murtoi Formation |
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Niobrara Chalk |
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Paw Paw Formation |
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Pierre Shale |
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Qingshan Formation |
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Qiqu Formation |
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Santana Formation |
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Sekmenevka Formation |
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Shishugou Formation |
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Altmuehlopterus, Anurognathus, Aurorazhdarcho,[16] Ctenochasma, Cycnorhamphus, Germanodactylus, Gnathosaurus, Pterodactylus, Ardeadactylus, Rhamphorhynchus, Scaphognathus |
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Tiaojishan Formation |
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"Unnamed unit of fissure fills" |
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"Unnamed unit of fissure fills" |
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Upper Chalk |
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Upper Elliot Formation |
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Vaca Muerta Formation |
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"Wealden" |
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Wessex Formation |
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"Wierzbica Oolite and Platy Limestones" |
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Yalovach Formation |
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Yixian Formation |
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Beipiaopterus, Boreopterus, Cathayopterus, Dendrorhynchoides, Elanodactylus,[27] Eosipterus, Feilongus, Gegepterus, Gladocephaloideus,[28] Haopterus, Ningchengopterus,[29] Zhenyuanopterus[30] | |
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See also[]
- Pterosaur
- List of fossil sites
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Further reading[]
- Barrett, P.M.; Butler, R.J.; Edwards, N.P.; Milner, A.R. (2008). Pterosaur distribution in time and space: an atlas (PDF). Flugsaurier: Pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer, Hone, D.W.E., and Buffetaut, É. (eds). Zitteliana B, 28. 264pp. pp. 61–107.
External links[]
- Pterosaurs
- Mesozoic paleontological sites
- Lists of fossiliferous stratigraphic units by preserved taxon