Pterosaur fossil, ulna bone found at Mangahouanga, New Zealand
Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Published 19 August 2017 Size: 2.5 MB Referencing Hub media

In 1988 Joan Wiffen published a co-authored paper on the first pterosaur fossil found in New Zealand. The ulna bone was found at Mangahouanga by Trevor Crabtree. The pterosaur fossil is held in GNS Science’s National Paleontology Collection.

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