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MUZQUIZOPTERYX
(muz-kwee-op-teh-riks)
meaning: "Muzquiz wing"
Muzquizopteryx
Named By: Frey, Buchy, Stinnesbeck, Gonzalez & di Stefano. in 2006
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 85.8 Ma
Location: Mexico, Coahuila
Size: 2 meter wingspan
Diet: unavailable
Fossil(s): Almost complete skeleton although only the snout and lower jaw are missing, with only the upper cranium preserved. The holotype also has soft tissue impressions
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Pterosauria | Pterodactyloidea | Pteranodontia | Nyctosauridae |
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Muzquizopteryx is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur (flying reptile) from the Late Cretaceous of what is now Coahuila, Mexico.

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