In Depth
Leptostomia is a genus of pterosaur that lived in North Africa during the Cretaceous, possibly at the boundary of the early and late periods of the Cretaceous. Leptostomia is thought to have been a small pterosaur, possibly possessing a very slim elongated beak. This might have been a feeding adaptation for probing into soft coastal sands and mud flats at low tide to hunt for invertebrates such as worms.
Further reading
- A long-billed, possible probe-feeding pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: ?Azhdarchoidea) from the mid-Cretaceous of Morocco, North Africa. - Cretaceous Research. 118. - R. E. Smith, D. M. Martill, A. Kao, S. Zouhri & N. R. Longrich - 2020.
