In Depth
Muzquizopteryx is placed in the same pterosaur family as Nyctosaurus although it lacks the formers highly elaborate head crest. With a two meter wingspan, Muzquizopteryx is small for a nyctosaurid.
Further Reading
– A brick in a wall: the first nyctosaurid pterosaur from the Conacian of NE Mexico and its impact on the pterosaurian wing anatomy. – E. Frey, M. C. Buchy, W. Stinnesbeck, A. H. Gonz�lez-Gonz�lez & A. Di Stefano – 2004. – Muzquizopteryx coahuilensis n. g., n. sp., a nyctosaurid pterosaur with soft tissue preservation from the Coniacian (Late Cretaceous) of northeast Mexico (Coahuila). – Oryctos 6:19-39. – E. Frey, M.-C. Buchy, W. Stinnesbeck, A. Gonz�lez Gonz�lez & A. Stefano – 2006. – A new specimen of nyctosaurid pterosaur, cf. Muzquizopteryx sp. from the Late Cretaceous of northeast Mexico. – Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geol�gicas 29(1): 131–139. – Eberhard Frey, Ross A. Elgin, Wolfgang Stinnesbeck, Jos� Manuel Padilla-Guti�rrez, Christina Ifrim, Samuel Giersch & Arturo H. Gonz�lez-Gonz�lez – 2012.
