Leptostomia
Genus of azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Cretaceous period / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Leptostomias.
Leptostomia is a genus of long-beaked pterosaur from the mid-Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Morocco, North Africa. The type species is L. begaaensis, which was named and described in 2021 from sediments of the Kem Kem Group in Morocco.[1] It was a small animal with a long, slender bill which is thought to have been used to probe sediments for worms and other invertebrates, similar to kiwi birds and curlews. Leptostomia is likely a member of the Azhdarchoidea.
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Leptostomia | |
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Life restoration | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Clade: | †Ornithocheiroidea |
Clade: | †Azhdarchoidea (?) |
Genus: | †Leptostomia Smith et al., 2021 |
Type species | |
†Leptostomia begaaensis Smith et al., 2021 |
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