A new pterodactyloid pterosaur with a unique filter-feeding apparatus from the Late Jurassic of Germany

Abstract A new long-legged, spatula-beaked, filter-feeding pterodactyloid pterosaur from Upper Jurassic plattenkalk limestones at Wattendorf, Bavaria, Southern Germany, is remarkable for its completeness, unusual dentition and hints of the preservation soft tissues, including wing membranes. The fully articulated specimen displays both jaws each side with over one hundred sub-parallel-sided teeth a small, slightly hooked expansion crown tip. There are least 480 in total. tip rostrum widens to spatula-like, laterally concave structure only along lateral margins. straight anterior margin devoid allowing plankton-rich water stream in, while interdigitate forming fine mesh trap. up swept assisted filtering by probable pulsating movements long neck, wading or swimming through shallow water.