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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...
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following fossils have been
reported from the formation:
Pterosaurs Azhdarchidae indet.
Bivalves Monticulina vesicularis Belemnites Belemnitella mucronata...
- (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...
- Jur****ic period. The
largest azhdarchoids include members of the
family Azhdarchidae,
examples of
these are Quetzalcoatlus, Hatzegopteryx, and Arambourgiania...
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definitions of the
Azhdarchidae by
Alexander Kellner and
David Unwin, both
conducted in 2003,
exclude this
species from
Azhdarchidae. This
sister taxon...
- (2022)
recovered Thanatosdrakon in the
Quetzalcoatlinae subfamily of
Azhdarchidae, as a
sister taxon to
Quetzalcoatlus in a
clade with
Cryodrakon in a...
- "A Medium-Sized Robust-Necked
Azhdarchid Pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea:
Azhdarchidae) from the
Maastrichtian of Pui (Haţeg Basin, Transylvania, Romania)"...
