Montanazhdarcho

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Montanazhdarcho
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Pterosauria
Suborder:	Pterodactyloidea
Family:	Azhdarchidae
Genus:	Montanazhdarcho Padian, de Ricqlès & Horner, 1995

Species

M. minor Padian, Ricqlès & Horner, 1995 (type)

Montanazhdarcho is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur from the late Cretaceous Period (Campanian stage) 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, it was small; the fragments of humerus, radius, and carpal suggest an animal with a 2.5 meter wingspan (8 feet). Its ulna was of equal or greater length compared to the wing metacarpal.

It was named in 1995 by Kevin Padian, Armand de Ricqlès, and Jack Horner, and fully described in 2002.^[1]^[2]

[edit] References

^ Padian, K., Horner, J.R., and de Recqles, A.J. (1993). "A new azhdarchid pterosaur from the Two Medicine Formation (Late Cretaceous, Campanian) of Montana, identified on the basis of bone histology." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 13: 52A.
^ McGowen, M.R., Padian, K., de Sosa, M.A., and Harmon, R.J. (2002). "Description of Montanazhdarcho minor, an azhdarchid pterosaur from the Two Medicine Formation (Campanian) of Montana." PaleoBios, 22(1): 1-9.