Genus: Pterodaustro BONAPARTE, 1970
Etymology: Greek, pteron, "wing" and Latin, de austro, "from
the south."
= Puntanipterus BONAPARTE & SANCHEZ, 1975
Etymology: Puntanos, is the colloquial name for the inhabitants of the province
of San Luis, Argentina; in reference to the old name for the capital “San Luis de
la Punta de los Venados”, and Latinized Greek, pteron, "wing."
= Puntaniptero (ANONYMOUS) 1976 (sic)
= Putanipterus CARROLL, 1987 (sic)
Species: guinazui BONAPARTE, BONAPARTE, 1970 (emend Wellnhofer, 1978)
Etymology: In honor of the Argentine Paleontologist Roman Guiñazu.
= Pterodaustro guiñazui BONAPARTE, 1970
Holotype: PVL 2571
Locality: Loma del, Pterodaustro Fossil Site, 4 km SSW and 116 km from ruta nacional 147, Depto Belgrano, Sierra de las Quijadas, San Luis Province, Argentina.
Horizon: Inferior Lagarcito Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Albian Stage, Middle Gallic Subepoch, Upper Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.
Material: Right humerus and a few other postcranial bones.
Hypotype: PVL 3860: Skull and postcranial skeleton.
Referred material:
PVL 2572: Femur.
PVL 2573: Incomplete phalange 4.
PVL 2574: Cervical vertebra.
PVL 2575: Dorsal vertebra.
PVL 2585: Scapula and coracoid.
PVL 2586: Fragmentary skull.
PVL 3403: Proximal tibia-fibula.
BONAPARTE 1971MMP 1018: Skull and mandible.
MMP 1035: Anterior portion of a skull.
CODORNIU, PAULINA-CARABAJAL & GIANECHINI, 2016MIC-V57, MIC-V135, MIC-V250, MIC-V933a, MMP 1018, MMP 1086, MMP 1087, MMP 1182, MMP 3562: Isolated skulls.
MIC-V486: Isolated frontals in dorsal view.
MIC-V777: Incomplete skkull lacking the occipital region and the basicranium.
MMP 3575: Skull roof in dorsal view.
SANCHEZ, 1973
MMP 1096: Skull.
MMP 1087: Skull.
CHIAPPE & CHINSAMY, 1996
Universidad Nacional de San Luis (Geologia) Argentina: UNSL-GEO-V-57: Skull and dentary.
MIC-V55 (old UNSL-GEO-V-55): Skull.
CHIAPPE, CODORNIU, GRELLET-TINNER & RIVAROLA, 2004
MHIN-UNSL-GEO-V 246: Pterosaur embryo within an egg.
CHIAPPE, RIVAROLA FREGENAL-MARTINEZ & LOPEZ-ALBARELLO, 1995
Numbers not given:
CHIAPPE, RIVAROLA, FREGENAL-MARTINEZ, SOZZI, BUATOIS, GALLEGO, LAZA, ROMERO, LOPEZ-ARBARELLO, BUSCALIONI, MARSICANO, ADAMONIS, ORTEGA, McGEHEE & DI IORIO, 1998
Level 10:
UNSL.GEO- V56, V57: Complete and partial skulls.
Note: Pterodaustro has been found in levels 1b, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11.
CODORNIU, 2005
MHIN-UNSL-GEO-V 243: Fragmentary skeleton of a sub adult.
MHIN-UNSL-GEO-V 165: Pelvis adn caudal vertebrae.
CODORNIU & CHIAPPE, 2002, 2003
MHIN-UNSL-GEO-V 241, MMP 1168: 2 fragmentary hatchling specimens.
CODORNIU, CHIAPPE, & CID, 2013
MIC-V263: Fragmentary skull and skeleton.
Note: With gastroliths.
MIC-V243: Fragmentary skeleton.
Note: With gastroliths.
DAVILA, CHIAPPE & RIVAROLA, 1999
Juvenile specimen.
FOX & DAVILA, 1997
Material: nearly 200 specimens
CODORNIU, CHIAPPE, & CID, 2013
Locality: 35 m from the Loma del, Pterodaustro Fossil Site, 4 km SSW and 116 km from ruta nacional 147, Depto Belgrano, Sierra de las Quijadas, San Luis Province, Argentina.
Horizon: Inferior Lagarcito Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Albian Stage, Middle Gallic Subepoch, Upper Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.
Material:
MIC-V263: Fragmentary skull and skeleton.
Note: With gastroliths.
= Puntanipterus globosus BONAPARTE & SANCHEZ, 1975
Etymology: Latin, globosus, "spherical"; in reference to the form of the lower tibia.Holotype: PVL 3869
Locality: Quebrada Larga, Hualtaran, approximately 1.5 km east of Puesto Aguero, Department Belgrano, San Luis Province, Argentina.
Horizon: La Cruz Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous.
Material: Tibia-fibula, dorsal vertebra, phalange IV.