Eoazhdarcho
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| Eoazhdarcho liaoxiensis Lü, J. and Ji, Q., 2005 |
Eoazhdarcho (meaning "dawn Azhdarcho") was a genus of azhdarchid pterodactyloid pterosaur. It was found in the Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. It is based on GMN-03-11-02, a partial skeleton and lower jaw, and is distinguished from other pterosaurs by the proportions of its bones. It was relatively small by azhdarchid standards, with a wingspan of about 1.6 meters (5.2 feet). Its describers first assigned it to the Azhdarchidae, and compared it to Azhdarcho,[1] but later, after a cladistic analysis, suggested that it was more basal than Azhdarchidae proper, but was still in the same superfamily.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Lü, Junchang; and Qiang Ji (2005). "New azhdarchid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning". Acta Geologica Sinica 79 (3): 301-307.
- ^ Lü, Junchang; and Qiang Ji (2006). "Preliminary results of a phylogenetic analysis of the pterosaurs from western Liaoning and surrounding area". Journal of the Paleontological Society of Korea 22 (1): 239-261. Retrieved on 2007-03-10.
[edit] External links
- Eoazhdarcho in The Pterosaur Database
- Eoazhdarcho in The Pterosauria
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