The fossil record of pterosaurs in northwestern Gondwana has been relatively scarce, with only two previous occurrences. This study presents new pterosaur findings from three sites in Colombia, including a new record of an Anhanguera-like specimen and other bones referrable to Anhangueria. The new material includes a distinctive partial lower jaw found in association with parts of a radius and a complete distal syncarpal. The lower jaw has a triangular glenoid fossa in dorsal view, a fossa depressoria with a bean-shaped outline, and a retroarticular process with a straight margin in lateral or medial views. The new fossils extend the record of Anhanguera-like pterosaurs into the earliest part of the Cretaceous and expand our knowledge of the vertebrate fossil record of lower latitudes.
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- Earth-Surface Processes