Pterosauria - Pterodactyloidea - Istiodactylidae
Istiodactylidae
Genusame: Istiodactylus
Speciesname: latidens
Describer: Howse, Milner & Martill, 2001
Distribution: Vectis Formation, Isle of Wight, England
Timeperiod: Barremian - Aptian , Early Cretaceous
Size: Skull length = 56 cm. Wingspan estimated= 5 m.
Diet:
Info: Istiodactylus latidens Howse, Milner & Martill, 2001 = Ornithodesmus latidens Hooley, 1913
(Istiodactylus latidens =sail finger) This pterosaur is most closely related to Anhanguera and Arthurdactylus. I. latidens was discovered in 1887 and best known from a single nearly complete specimen. (Holotype: BMNH R176 referred specimens (BMNH R3877, BMNH R3878)