FIRST DISCOVERY OF A DEFINABLE FLYING REPTILE (PTEROSAURIA, DORYGNATHUS CF BANTHENSIS) FROM THE LOWER TOARCIAN (LOWER JURASSIC) OF NANCY (LORRAINE, FRANCE).

Abstract

Definable pterosaurian remains from the French Toarcian are reported for the first time. They are briefly described and referred to Dorygnathus cf banthensis. Before this discovery, Toarcian pterosaurs were only found from Germany, England and India.Un ptérosaure toarcien français est brièvement décrit, et attribué à Dorygnathus cf banthensis. Il s’agit non seulement du premier reptile volant toarcien français subcomplet déterminable, mais également de la seule occurrence du genre hors Allemagne