Pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Angola

Here, we describe the first pterosaur remains from Angola, an assemblage of fourteen bones Lower Maastrichtian marine deposits Bentiaba, Namibe Province. One new species is introduced, Epapatelo otyikokolo, gen. et sp. nov., which comprises articulated partial left humerus and ulna as well radius (from a second individual). Phylogenetic analysis confirms non-nyctosaurid pteranodontian attribution for this taxon supports apomorphy-based clade, Aponyctosauria, here defined. Late Cretaceous pteranodontians are rare in Sub-Saharan Africa throughout Southern Hemisphere. Preliminary histological also reveals likely sub-adult age one specimens. This fossil provides glimpse Angolan paleobiodiversity providing further insight into Gondwanan ecosystems Upper Cretaceous.