caa a22 4500 445839430 CHVBK 20180317145339.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00015-011-0081-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00015-011-0081-1 A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) of Lebanon [Elektronische Daten] [Ross Elgin, Eberhard Frey] A new pterosaur, Microtuban altivolans gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Sannine Formation of northern Lebanon. The specimen is the first pterosaur from the Early Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous) locality of Hjoûla and is regarded as the most complete pterosaur fossil discovered from Africa. While postcranial characters indicate a possible relationship with members of the Thalassodromidae or Chaoyangopteridae, the specimen possesses an exceptionally short wing-finger phalanx 4, forming only 1.1% of the total length of the wing-finger. Its appearance along with an unnamed ornithocheiroid from the slightly younger locality of Hâqel suggests that a number of pterosaur taxa existed within the local area, perhaps living on exposed carbonate platforms. Swiss Geological Society, 2011 Pterosaur nationallicence Azhdarchoidea nationallicence Microtuban nationallicence Cretaceous nationallicence Lebanon nationallicence GMN : Geological Museum of Nanjing (China) nationallicence HGM : Henan Geological Museum, Zhenzhou (China) nationallicence IMCF : Iwaki Coal and Fossil Museum (Japan) nationallicence MN : Museu Nacional, Rio de Janerio (Brazil) nationallicence SMNK : Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe (Germany) nationallicence TMM : Texas Memorial Museum (USA) nationallicence ZHNM : Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, Hanzhou (China) nationallicence Elgin Ross Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Abteilung Geologie, 13 Erbprinzenstraße, 76133, Karlsruhe, Germany aut Frey Eberhard Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Abteilung Geologie, 13 Erbprinzenstraße, 76133, Karlsruhe, Germany aut Swiss Journal of Geosciences SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel 104(2011-12-01), 21-33 1661-8726 104<21 2011 104 15 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00015-011-0081-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00015-011-0081-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Elgin Ross Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Abteilung Geologie, 13 Erbprinzenstraße, 76133, Karlsruhe, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Frey Eberhard Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Abteilung Geologie, 13 Erbprinzenstraße, 76133, Karlsruhe, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Swiss Journal of Geosciences SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel 104(2011-12-01), 21-33 1661-8726 104<21 2011 104 15 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer