Classification
Pterosauria
Order
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Pterodactyloidea
Suborder
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Azhdarchoidea
Superfamily
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Azhdarchidae
Family
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Quetzalcoatlinae
Subfamily
Fossil sites 11 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian
(72.2–66 Ma)
10
Coniacian
(89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
L. D. Ortiz David, B. J. González Riga, and A. W. A. Kellner. 2022. Thanatosdrakon amaru, gen. et sp. nov., a giant azhdarchid pterosaur from the upper Cretaceous of Argentina. Cretaceous Research 137:105228
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B. Andres and W. Langston Jr. 2021. Morphology and taxonomy of Quetzalcoatlus Lawson 1975 (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdarchoidea). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 41(2):46-202
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