Iberodactylus

Iberodactylus is known from only one fossil: a partial snout with a crest and six pairs of tooth sockets.1

Its closest relative is Hamipterus from China, which is surprising because they lived so far apart.1

The crest on its snout was blade-like and covered with curved grooves and ridges.1

Scientists think the fossil might be from a male because male Hamipterus had bigger crests than females.1

Iberodactylus lived in a coastal environment, alongside marine reptiles like plesiosaurs and many fish.1

The fossil was found in a limestone layer that was once the bottom of a shallow sea.1