Nurhachius
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| Nurhachius Fossil range: Early Cretaceous |
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| Nurhachius ignaciobritoi Wang et al., 2003 |
Nurhachius (the name derived from Nurhaci) was a genus of istiodactylid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Barremian-Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang, Liaoning, China. It is based on IVPP V-13288, a partial skull and skeleton. The skull is very similar to that of Istiodactylus, which lived at about the same time in what is now England. It differs from Istiodactylus in several details, including a lower skull, different jugal, teeth compressed side to side, and a slight curve to the upper margin of the lower jaw. Its wingspan was estimated at 2.4-2.5 m (7.87-8.20 ft).[1] Its position as closely related to Istiodactylus was supported by another publication.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Xiaolin Wang, Kellner, A.W.K., Zhonghe Zhou, and de Almeida Campos, D. (2005). Pterosaur diversity and faunal turnover in Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystems in China. Nature 437:875-879.
- ^ J. Lü, and Q. 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.
[edit] External links
- Nurhachius in The Pterosaur Database
- Nurhachius in The Pterosauria
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