Upper Jurassic Period
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Cacibupteryx caribensis

Cacibupteryx (Lord of the sky) carabensis (from Caribbe)
A partial specimen from the Jagua Formation (middle to upper Oxfordian) of Western Cuba.  This large rhamphorhynchoid consists of a skull (17cm) and partial left wing, with an excellent preservation.  The bones are well formed and not crushed.

Holotype:  IGO-V 208  Museo Mario Sánchez Roig, Instituto de Geología y Paleontologíe, La Habana, Cuba.

Gasparini Z., Fernandez M. and De la Fuente M., 2004, A new Pterosaur from the Jurassic of Cuba, Palaeontology, July 2004, vol. 47, iss. 4, pp. 919-927(9)