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Azhdarchidae (from the
Persian word azhdar, اژدر, a dragon-like
creature in
Persian mythology) is a
family of
pterosaurs known primarily from the Late...
- (33 ft),
Arambourgiania was
among the
largest members of its family, the
Azhdarchidae, and it is also one of the
largest flying animals ever known. In the...
- two taxa and
elevated Azhdarchinae to
family level,
forming the
family Azhdarchidae. In 2003, the
clade Azhdarchoidea was
defined by
David Unwin, and azhdarchids...
- distinctive,
elongated neck
vertebrae that
characterizes members of the
family Azhdarchidae, a
family that
includes many
giant pterosaurs such as Quetzalcoatlus...
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These were
initially the
basis of the taxon's
referral to the
clade Azhdarchidae, but they are also
similar enough to be a
basis for the
synonymy of Hatzegopteryx...
- Aralazhdarcho. Averianov, the describer, ****igned
Aralazhdarcho to the
family Azhdarchidae, in view of its lack of
teeth and
geological age.
Averianov presumed...
- "Review of taxonomy,
geographic distribution, and
paleoenvironments of
Azhdarchidae (Pterosauria)".
ZooKeys (432): 1–107. doi:10.3897/zookeys.432.7913. ISSN 1313-2970...
- (2022)
recovered Thanatosdrakon in the
Quetzalcoatlinae subfamily of
Azhdarchidae, as a
sister taxon to
Quetzalcoatlus in a
clade with
Cryodrakon in a...
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Bennett concluded that the
remains might be
those of a
member of the
Azhdarchidae instead of a pteranodontid. In 1991,
Russian paleontologist Lev Nesov...
- Jur****ic period. The
largest azhdarchoids include members of the
family Azhdarchidae,
examples of
these are Quetzalcoatlus, Hatzegopteryx, and Arambourgiania...
