[Paleontology] Preondactylus bufarinii • A pterosaur (Reptilia, Pterosauria) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) of Friuli, Italy

Preondactylus bufarinii (Wild 1983) 

Illustration: Robert Back

Preondactylus bufarinii (Wild 1983) Norian, Late Triassic, ~205 mya was considered by Unwin (2003) to be the most basal pterosaur. It is not. Derived from a sister to the Italian specimen of Austriadactylus, Preondactylus phylogenetically preceded Dimorphodon.

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Dalla Vecchia FM 1998. New observations on the osteology and taxonomic status of Preondactylus buffarinii Wild, 1984 (Reptilia, Pterosauria), Boll. Soc. Paleont. It., 36(3, 1997): 355-366

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Wild R 1984. A new pterosaur (Reptilia, Pterosauria) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) of Friuli, Italy, Gortiana — Atti Museo Friuliano di Storia Naturale 5:45-62.