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PUNTANIPTERUS
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Genus: Puntanipterus Bonaparte & Sanchez, 1974
Etymology: "Puntano (native of San Luis Prov., Argentina) wing"
Type species: P. globosus
Other Species: none
Diagnosis: See type species.
Classification: Pterodactyloidea incertae sedis
Holotype: PVL 3869 — Tibia and fibula. (Bonaparte & Sanchez, 1974)
Referred Specimens: — Dorsal vetebra. (Bonaparte & Sanchez, 1974)
— ?Wing phalanx. (Bonaparte & Sanchez, 1974)
— ?Pedal phalanx. (Bonaparte & Sanchez, 1974)
Time: ? Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Horizon: La Cruz Formation, Gigante Group
Location: San Luis Province, Argentina
Skull length: ?
Total length: ?
Wingspan: ?
Mass: ?
Diagnosis: Pterodactyloid with fibula exhibiting a similar degree of reduction and fusion with the tibia to that in Pterodaustro guinazui, but with the distal end having an extensive spherical joint formed by proximal tarsal bones fused to the tibia; with spiny processes on the medial and lateral faces of the distal area. (Bonaparte & Sanchez, 1974)
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