Europejara
''Europejara'' is a genus of tapejarid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Period of Spain. The type species, type and only species known is ''Europejara olcadesorum''. Discovery and naming In 2012, the type species ''Europejara olcadesorum'' was named and described by Romain Vullo, Jesús Marugán-Lobón, Alexander Kellner, Angela Buscalioni, Bernard Gomez, Montserrat de la Fuente and José Moratalla. The generic name combines the names of Europe and the related genus ''Tapejara (pterosaur), Tapejara'', in reference to the fact that ''Europejara'' is the first tapejarid found in that continent. The specific name (zoology), specific name refers to the Olcades, the Celtiberians, Celtiberic tribe inhabiting the region of Province of Cuenca (Spain), Cuenca, the location of the find, in Classical antiquity, Antiquity. The holotype, MCCM-LH 9413, was uncovered at the Las Hoyas site in a chalkstone layer of the Calizas de La Huergina Formation dating from the late Barremian. It cons ...
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