Abstract
Abstract The discovery of a left scapula and coracoid (MBLUZ P-911) representing the first evidence of a pterosaur from Venezuela is reported here. The material comes from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) Apón Formation, in the northwestern part of the country. In MBLUZ P-911 the scapula is significantly smaller than the coracoid, a synapomorphy of the Pteranodontoidea, according to Kellner. The coracoid of the Venezuelan specimen is more elongated and gracile than those of Istiodactylus and Pteranodon , and also lacks the ventromedial coracoidal flange present in the latter. Overall MBLUZ P-911 is very similar to the scapulocoracoid of the Anhangueridae, including the presence of a longitudinal ridge on the medial surface of the coracoid and a comparatively short scapula, and is therefore tentatively referred to this taxon. This occurrence extends the pterosaur record to the northern part of the South American portion of Gondwana.
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