Montanazhdarcho

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Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Family: Azhdarchidae
Genus: Montanazhdarcho
Species: M. minor
Binomial name
Montanazhdarcho minor
Padian, de Ricqlès & Horner 1995

Montanazhdarcho is late Cretaceous (Campanian) azhdarchid of North America known from only one species, M.minor. Only parts of the wing of this pterosaur have been found. Compared to other azhdarchids, this pterosaur was small; the fragments of humerus, radius, and carpal suggest an animal with a 2.5m wingspan only. Its ulna was of equal or greater length compared to the wing metacarpal. It was described in 1995 by Padian, de Ricqlès & Horner, 1995.

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