- section. Most
species of
azhdarchids are
still known mainly from
their distinctive neck
bones and not much else. The few
azhdarchids that are
known from reasonably...
-
among the
largest azhdarchids,
though was
rivalled in size by
Arambourgiania and
Hatzegopteryx (and
possibly Cryodrakon).
Azhdarchids were
split into two...
- short, deep beak,
grouping with the "blunt-beaked"
azhdarchids rather than the "slender-beaked"
azhdarchids, the
latter containing Quetzalcoatlus sp. (now...
- with
other azhdarchids with
preserved cervical vertebrae, and
referred to it as a "large
azhdarchid pterosaur". This is
larger than
azhdarchids such as Zhejiangopterus...
-
instead favored a
closer relationship between Arambourgiania and the
azhdarchids Mistralazhdarcho and Aerotitan.
Below are two
cladograms showing different...
-
Witton similarly favored an
azhdarchid interpretation over a thal****odromid one such as Tupuxuara,
comparing it to
other azhdarchids that had
blunt jaws. The...
- The
forelimb bones of
azhdarchids and
ornithocheirids were
unusually long
compared to
other pterosaurs, and, in
azhdarchids, the
bones of the arm and...
- if
pterosaurs were to
become terrestrial,
azhdarchids were the most
likely group to do so and that
azhdarchids would have used a gait
similar to that of...
-
Nipponopterus (meaning "Nippon wing") is a
genus of
azhdarchid pterosaur that
lived during the
Turonian and
Coniacian ages of the Late
Cretaceous period...
- flightless,
adapted to life in the open sea.
Though primarily represented by
azhdarchids,
other forms like pteranodontids,
tapejarids (Caiuajara and Bakonydraco)...
