List of pterosaur-bearing stratigraphic units

This is a list of stratigraphic units, where pterosaur fossils have been recovered from. Units listed are all either formation rank or higher (e.g. group).

Name Age Location Fossil speciesAguja Formation Campanian Alamyshik Formation Albian Amminadav Formation or Bet-Meir Formation Cenomanian Antlers Formation Aptian - Albian Apón Formation Aptian Argiles d'Ecqueville Kimeridgian Argiles d'Octeville Kimmeridgian NormannognathusArgilliti di Riva di Solto Norian EudimorphodonArtoles Formation Barremian Austin Group Coniacian MuzquizopteryxBahariya Formation Cenomanian ?Bahia Series Aptian Bakhar Svita Middle Jurassic Balabansai Svita Callovian Bissekty Formation Turonian AzhdarchoBlackhawk Formation Campanian Black Peaks Formation Maastrichtian QuetzalcoatlusBlesa Formation Barremian IberodactylusBlue Lias Rhaetian - Sinemurian DimorphodonBostobin Formation Santonian - Campanian Aralazhdarcho, SamrukiaBuda Limestone Cenomanian Budden Canyon Formation Aptian Calcaires tâchetés Tithonian CtenochasmaCalcare di Aurisina Campanian Calizas de La Huergina Formation Barremian Calizas y Margas de Sierra Perenchiza Formation Campanian - Maastrichtian Camadas de Guimarota Kimmeridgian Camarillas Formation Barremian Cambridge Greensand Albian ColoborhynchusCañadon Asfalto Formation Callovian - Oxfordian Candeleros Formation Albian Cerro del Pueblo Formation Campanian Chenini Formation Albian Chico Formation Campanian ?Chinle Formation Carnian - Rhaetian Chipping Norton Formation Bathonian Chulec Formation Albian ?Clarens Formation Pliensbachian - Toarcian Cornet Bauxite Berriasian – Hauterivian Cotswold Slate Bathonian Crato Formation Albian Arthurdactylus, Aymberedactylus, Ludodactylus, TupandactylusCsehbánya Formation Santonian BakonydracoCurtis/Stump Formation Callovian Daohugou Beds Middle - Late Jurassic Jeholopterus, Pterorhynchus, WukongopterusShaximiao Formation Bathonian - Oxfordian AngustinaripterusDensus-Ciula Formation Maastrichtian HatzegopteryxDinosaur Park Formation Campanian Cryodrakon, NavajodactylusDockum Group Carnian - Rhaetian Dolomia di Forni Norian Eudimorphodon, PreondactylusDunvegan Formation Cenomanian Dzharakuduk Formation Cenomanian Eagle Ford Formation Turonian Ejinhoro Formation Early Cretaceous El Castillar Formation Berriasian - Barremian El Gallo Formation Maastrichtian Elligserbrink Shale Early Cretaceous Enciso Group Aptian Erlhaz Formation Aptian Eumeralla Formation Albian Eutaw Formation Coniacian - Santonian Exu Formation Late Cretaceous Fleming Fjord Formation Norian - Rhaetian EudimorphodonForest Marble Formation Bathonian Gault Clay Albian LonchodectesGisement des Bessons Tithonian CycnorhamphusGlen Rose Formation Aptian - Albian Gosau Formation Campanian Gramame Formation Maastrichtian Nyctosaurus"Great Oolite" Bathonian Greenhorn Limestone Cenomanian ?Gres a Avicula contorta Norian - Rhaetian Grès de la Crèche inférieurs Tithonian Hakobuchi Group Campanian ?"Hallau Bonened" Rhaetian Hampen Marly Formation Bathonian Hanson Formation Early Jurassic Hasandong Formation Hauterivian - Barremian Hastings Beds Berriasian – Valanginian Coloborhynchus, LonchodectesHekou Formation Early Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation Maastrichtian Himenoura Group Santonian Huachihuanhe Formation Late Jurassic HuanhepterusHudspeth Formation Albian BennettazhiaIlek Formation ?Hauterivian - Albian Intertrappean Beds Maastrichtian Isalo III Formation Bathonian Jagua Formation Oxfordian Cacibupteryx, NesodactylusJavelina Formation Maastrichtian QuetzalcoatlusJiufotang Formation Aptian Chaoyangopterus, Eoazhdarcho, Eopteranodon, Huaxiadraco, Jidapterus, Liaoningopterus, Liaoxipterus, Nemicolopterus, Nurhachius, SinopterusKarabastau Formation Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian Batrachognathus, SordesKayenta Formation Sinemurian - Pliensbachian RhamphinionKem Kem Beds Cenomanian Alanqa, SiroccopteryxRodrigues, T. and Kellner, A.W.A. (2008). "Review of the pterodactyloid pterosaur Colobrohynchus." Pp. 219–228 in: Hone, D.W.E. and Buffetaut, E. (eds), Flugsaurier: pterosaur papers in honour of Peter Wellnhofer. Zitteliana B, 28.Khilok Formation Aptian Khodzhakul Formation Cenomanian Kimmeridge Clay Late Jurassic CuspicephalusKössen beds Norian - Rhaetian Kota Formation Hettangian - Pliensbachian CampylognathoidesKuwajima Formation Valanginian La Amarga Formation Hauterivian - Barremian La Boca Formation Middle Jurassic "Dimorphodon" weintraubiLa Cruz Formation Aptian PterodaustroLagarcito Formation Albian PterodaustroLance Formation Maastrichtian Lastres Formation Kimmeridgian Lealt Shale Bathonian DearcLezas Formation Aptian PrejanopterusLianmuqin Formation ?Valanginian - Albian Dsungaripterus, Lonchognathosaurus, Noripterus"Lithographic Limestones" Kimmeridgian Logbadjeck Formation Campanian Lohan Cura Formation Albian Lower Chalk Cenomanian Lower Kimmeridgian Mudstones Kimmeridgian Luohangdong Formation ?Valanginian - ?Albian Marne des Dives Callovian Marnes Rouges de Roquelongue Maastrichtian Marnes Rouges Inférieures Formation Maastrichtian Marnes d'Auzas Formation Maastrichtian Melovatka Formation Cenomanian Meng-Yin Formation Kimmeridgian or Tithonian Merchantville Formation Campanian Mesaverde Group Campanian Middle Chalk Cenomanian - Turonian Middle Iser Shales Turonian Mifune Group Cenomanian - Turonian Miria Formation Maastrichtian Mishash Formation Campanian Mornsheimer Limestone Tithonian Altmuehlopterus, Germanodactylus, Pterodactylus, Ardeadactylus, RhamphorhynchusMooreville Chalk Santonian - Campanian Morrison Formation Oxfordian - Tithonian Mowry Shale Cenomanian Mucuio Formation Maastrichtian EpapateloMurtoi Formation Barremian - Aptian Nemegt Formation Maastrichtian Niobrara Chalk Coniacian - Campanian Dawndraco, Geosternbergia, Nyctosaurus, PteranodonNorth Horn Formation Maastrichtian Northumberland Formation Campanian Nugget Sandstone Late Triassic CaelestiventusNusplingen Limestone Kimmeridgian Cycnorhamphus, Ardeadactylus, RhamphorhynchusOkurodani Formation Berriasian Oncala Formation Berriasian Öösh Formation Berriasian - Valanginian Oxford Clay Formation Callovian - Oxfordian Patuxent Formation Aptian Paw Paw Formation Albian ColoborhynchusPierre Shale Campanian PteranodonPlottier Formation Coniacian - Santonian ThanatosdrakonPortezuelo Formation Turonian - Coniacian ArgentinadracoPosidonia Shale Toarcian Campylognathoides, DorygnathusPudovinko Formation Campanian "Purbeck" Berriasian CtenochasmaPurbeck Beds Tithonian - Berriasian Gnathosaurus, PlataleorhynchusQingshan Formation Aptian - Albian Qiqu Formation Oxfordian Quebrada del Barro Formation Norian - Rhaetian Pachagnathus, YelaphomteQuebrada Monardes Formation Early Cretaceous DomeykodactylusReuchenette Formation Kimmeridgian Río Belgrano Formation Barremian Rybushka Formation Campanian Bogolubovia,Bogolubov, N.N. (1914). "O pozvonk' pterodaktilya uz' vyerkhnyem'lovyikh' otlozhyenii Saratovskoi gubyernii. [On a pterodactyle vertebra from Upper Cretaceous deposits of the Government of Saratoff]." Annuaire geologique et mineralogique de la Russie, 16(1): 1-7. (Russian text, French resume). VolgadracoSannine Formation Cenomanian MicrotubanSânpetru Formation Maastrichtian Santa Ana Formation Probably Early Cretaceous Santana Formation Cenomanian Unwindia?Santa Rosa Formation Carnian Sebeș Formation Maastrichtian Eurazhdarcho, HatzegopteryxSeefelder Beds Norian Sekmenevka Formation Aptian Sharp's Hill Formation Bathonian Shishugou Formation Middle - Late Jurassic ?Sloan Canyon Formation Norian - Rhaetian Snow Hill Island Formation

Solnhofen Plattenkalk Kimmeridgian - Tithonian Altmuehlopterus, Anurognathus, Aurorazhdarcho, Ctenochasma, Cycnorhamphus, Germanodactylus, Gnathosaurus, Pterodactylus, Ardeadactylus, Rhamphorhynchus, ScaphognathusSolothurn Turtle Limestone Kimmeridgian ?Steinmergel Group Norian - Rhaetian Stonesfield Slate Bathonian Summerville Formation Callovian - Oxfordian Sundance Formation Bathonian ?"Syren Bonebed" Rhaetian Tahora Formation Campanian Tangshang Formation Campanian ZhejiangopterusTarrant Formation Cenomanian AetodactylusTaynton Limestone Formation Bathonian Tendaguru Formation Kimmeridgian - Tithonian TendaguripterusTiaojishan Formation Bathonian - Oxfordian Archaeoistiodactylus,Lü Junchang and Fucha Xiaohui (2011). "A new pterosaur (Pterosauria) from Middle Jurassic Tiaojishan Formation of western Liaoning, China". Global Geology Z1: 113–118. Cascocauda, Changchengopterus, Darwinopterus, Fenghuangopterus, Jianchangopterus, Jianchangnathus, Kunpengopterus, Qinglongopterus, SinomacropsTlayúa Formation Albian Toolebuc Formation Albian Aussiedraco, Mythunga, ThapunngakaTorleite Formation Kimmeridgian BalaenognathusToxaster Limestone Hauterivian Tsagaantsav Svita Berriasian - Valanginian NoripterusTurners Falls Formation Early Jurassic Two Medicine Formation Santonian - Campanian MontanazhdarchoUhangri Formation Santonian - Campanian "Unnamed unit of fissure fills" Norian "Unnamed unit of fissure fills" Hettangian or Sinemurian Upper Chalk Cenomanian - Turonian Upper 'couche III', phosphate deposits Maastrichtian PhosphatodracoUpper Elliot Formation Pliensbachian - Toarcian Upper Greensand Albian OrnithocheirusUpper Sables de Glos Oxfordian Vaca Muerta Formation Tithonian HerbstosaurusVectis Formation Barremian Istiodactylus"Wealden" Barremian Wessex Formation Barremian CaulkicephalusWhitby Mudstone Formation Toarcian White Chalk Campanian White Chalk Formation Coniacian "Wierzbica Oolite and Platy Limestones" Kimmeridgian Winton Formation Cenomanian - Turonian FerrodracoYalovach Formation Santonian Yezo Group Santonian - Campanian Yixian Formation Barremian - Aptian Beipiaopterus, Boreopterus, Cathayopterus, Dendrorhynchoides, Elanodactylus, Eosipterus, Feilongus, Gegepterus, Gladocephaloideus, Haopterus, Moganopterus, Ningchengopterus, ZhenyuanopterusZhirkindek Formation Turonian - Coniacian Zorzino Limestone Norian Eudimorphodon, Peteinosaurus, ?PreondactylusZüünbayan Formation Aptian - Albian

See also Pterosaur List of fossil sites

References

Further reading

External links The Pterosaur Database