Definition of Azhdarchids. Meaning of Azhdarchids. Synonyms of Azhdarchids

- 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...
- these specimens were later ****igned to as indeterminate azhdarchids. In 2016, an azhdarchid cervical vertebra (MPPM 2000.23.1) was described from the...
- only comparable ratios in azhdarchids are found in quetzalcoatlines, such as 16.3 in Quetzalcoatlus lawsoni. All other azhdarchids for which this ratio can...
- was slightly heavier. Cryodrakon is distinguished from all other known azhdarchids by two features of its neck vertebrae. The lateral pneumatic fossae or...
- were not capable of skimming. The long neck would also have allowed azhdarchids to hunt for food in the water or on the bottom while swimming, or to...
- triangular cross-section but its top edge is more rounded than with other azhdarchids. The symphysis of the lower jaws has a U-shaped cross-section in front...
- Witton similarly favored an azhdarchid interpretation over a thal****odromid one such as Tupuxuara, comparing it to other azhdarchids that had blunt jaws. The...