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• A Late Jurassic-?earliest Cretaceous ctenochasmatid (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea): The first report of pterosaurs from Uruguay

  The scientists describe here the first remains of an pterosaur from Uruguay (rostral fragment and teeth), a large ctenochasmid, probably similar to Gnathosaurus. Stratigraphically the find belongs to the oldest ctenochasmid from South America.
• A giant pterosaur in the Early Cretaceous (Albian) of Tunisia

  The authors describe a large pterosaur tooth from Tunesia, they assign it to a very large member of the Ornithocheiridae, the tooth is most similar to animals like Ludodactylus and Coloborhynchus and its owner had probably a wingspan of 6 meters or more.
• A new edentulous pterosaur from the Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of south eastern Morocco

  Xericeps is a new azhdarchoid, most likely azhdarchid, from the Kem Kem beds, that is known so far from a incomplete lower jaw with a gentle up-curve and prominent ridges.
• Azhdarchid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) of Utah, USA

  This publication describes remains of an medium sized azhdarchid, consisting of a fragmentary three-dimensional preserved fourth metacarpal.

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