Upper Jurassic Period
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Utahdactylus keteae

 

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Well preserved wing bones, scapulo-coracoid and isolated vertebrae from the Tidwell member of the Morrison Formation in Utah

Holotype: DM 002 - CEUM 32588  Partial skeleton in limestone matrix. partial cranium,  vertebrae, ribs, scapulocoracoid and some long bones

Czerkas S. A. and Michelson D. B., 2002, The first occurrence of skeletal pterosaur remains in Utah.  In S. J. Czerkas (ed.), Feathered Dinosaurs and the origin of flight.  The Dinosaur Museum Journal vol. 1  The Dinosaur Museum of Blanding, Utah.

Bennett, S. C., 2007, Reassessment of Utahdactylus from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of Utah, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 (1): 257-260.