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Puntanipterus
''Puntanipterus'' is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period (Aptian stage) La Cruz Formation of San Luis, Argentina. The genus was in 1975 named by José Bonaparte and Teresa Sánchez. The type species is ''Puntanipterus globosus''. The genus name refers to the ''Puntanos'', the colloquial name for the inhabitants of the province of San Luis after the old name of their capital "San Luis de la Punta de los Venados", and combines this with a Latinized Greek ''pteron'', "wing". The specific name means "spherical" in Latin, a reference to the form of the lower tibia. It is based on holotype PVL 3869 (earlier FML 3869) found in 1972, a 105 millimetres long tibiotarsus and seven centimetres long fibula; referred to it were a back vertebra and a wing and foot phalanx. The leg bones were described as similar to those of ''Pterodaustro'' (from slightly younger rocks), except for having an expanded spherical joint at the ankle and spiny processes on the si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Cruz Formation, Argentina
The La Cruz Formation is an Aptian geologic formation in Argentina. Pterosaur fossils of ''Pterodaustro guinazui'' and '' Puntanipterus globosus'' and fish fossils of '' Austrolepidotes cuyanus'', Pleuropholidae indet and '' Neosemionotus puntanus'' have been recovered from the formation. at .org The formation, the uppermost unit of the El Gigante Group, overlies the El Toscal Formation, and is overlain by the |