Reinterpretation of a Chilean pterosaur and the occurrence of Dsungaripteridae in South America

A fragmentary specimen of pterosaur originally assigned to the genus Pterod austro Bonaparte, 1970 is reassessed. The presence of a sagittal dorsal cra nial crest on a fragment of nasopre-orbital arcade with linear vertical tra beculae and the occurrence of alveolar protuberances on the os dentale indi cate the new specimen has similarities with crested pterodactyloid pterosau rs of the family Ctenochasmatidae, and with members of the Dsungaripteridae . The presence of alveolar protuberances allows us to assign the specimen t o the Dsungaripteridae. It forms the basis of a new genus and species, Dome ykodactylus ceciliae.