- 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...
- 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...
- with
other azhdarchids with
preserved cervical vertebrae, and
referred to it as a "large
azhdarchid pterosaur". This is
larger than
azhdarchids such as Zhejiangopterus...
- The
forelimb bones of
azhdarchids and
ornithocheirids were
unusually long
compared to
other pterosaurs, and, in
azhdarchids, the
bones of the arm and...
- 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...
- led some
researchers to
suggest that many azhdarchoids, such as the
azhdarchids and dsungaripterids, may have been
primarily terrestrial,
while retaining...
