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Europejara

Europejara is a genus of tapejarid pterosaur, a flying reptile that lived during the Barremian age of the Early Cretaceous epoch in what is now Spain. The only known specimen was found at the Las Hoyas site of Cuenca, a location noted for its exceptional Konservat-Lagerstätte preservation.
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