- 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...
-
azhdarchids. The
smaller and more
complete Q.
lawsoni had a
wingspan of
around 4.5 m (15 ft). Quetzalcoatlus'
proportions were
typical of
azhdarchids...
- short, deep beak,
grouping with the "blunt-beaked"
azhdarchids rather than the "slender-beaked"
azhdarchids (including
Quetzalcoatlus lawsoni). A
large neck...
-
clarifying the
precise relationships with
other azhdarchids. It
would have been one of the
oldest known azhdarchids of North-America. Then in 2021,
Brian Andres...
-
Arambourgiania is an
extinct genus of
azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late
Cretaceous period (Maastrichtian stage) of Jordan, and
possibly the
United States...
-
study further show
dissimilarities between them and
azhdarchids, with
Aerotitan being a true
azhdarchid while Alanqa was a
basal azhdarchoid related to Keresdrakon...
-
Witton similarly favoured an
azhdarchid interpretation over a thal****odromid one,
comparing it to
other "blunt-jawed"
azhdarchids. The holotype, TMM 42489-2...
- The
forelimb bones of
azhdarchids and
ornithocheirids were
unusually long
compared to
other pterosaurs, and, in
azhdarchids, the
bones of the arm and...
- with
other azhdarchids with
preserved cervical vertebrae, and
referred to it as a "large
azhdarchid pterosaur". This is
larger than
azhdarchids such as Zhejiangopterus...
- flightless,
adapted to life in the open sea.
Though primarily represented by
azhdarchids,
other forms like pteranodontids,
tapejarids (Caiuajara and Bakonydraco)...
