-
apparently from an
azhdarchid is
known from the
Early Cretaceous as well (late
Berriasian age,
about 140
million years ago).
Azhdarchids are
mainly known...
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Quetzalcoatlus (/kɛtsəlkoʊˈætləs/) is a
genus of
azhdarchid pterosaur known from the Late
Cretaceous Maastrichtian age of
North America. The
first specimen...
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Nipponopterus (meaning "Nippon wing") is an
extinct genus of
azhdarchid pterosaurs from the Late
Cretaceous Mifune Group of ****an. The
genus contains a...
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Arambourgiania is an
extinct genus of
azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late
Cretaceous period (Maastrichtian stage) of Jordan, and
possibly the
United States...
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Hatzegopteryx ("Hațeg
basin wing") is a
genus of
azhdarchid pterosaur found in the late
Maastrichtian deposits of the Densuş
Ciula Formation, an outcropping...
- been found.
Among these animals are included:
Albadraco tharmisensis, an
azhdarchid Allodaposuchus precedens, an
eusuchian Aprosuchus ghirai, a late surviving...
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Wellnhopterus (lit. 'Wellnhofer's wing') is an
azhdarchid pterosaur recovered from the Late
Cretaceous Javelina Formation in
Texas that was previously...
- The
forelimb bones of
azhdarchids and
ornithocheirids were
unusually long
compared to
other pterosaurs, and, in
azhdarchids, the
bones of the arm and...
- flightless,
adapted to life in the open sea.
Though primarily represented by
azhdarchids,
other forms like pteranodontids,
tapejarids (Caiuajara and Bakonydraco)...
- comparison,
fossils found near the
Inabtanin holotype ****igned to the
azhdarchid Arambourgiania belong to
animals with a
larger wingspan of
about 10 metres...
