Pterosauria - Pterodactyloidea - Euthygnatha - Azhdarchidae
Azhdarchidae
Family: Azhdarchidae Padian, 1986 = Azadarchidae Varricchio, 1995 [sic] = Azhdarchinae Nessov, January 1984 = Titanopterygiidae Padian, December 1984
Genusame: Arambourgiania
Speciesname: philadelphiae
Describer: (Arambourg, 1959) Nessov & Yarkov, 1989
Distribution: Jordan
Timeperiod: Late Cretaceous
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Info: Genus: Arambourgiania Nessov & Yarkov, 1989 = Arambourgiana Padian & Smith, 1992 [sic] = Titanopterxy Frey & Martill, 1996 [sic] = Titanopteryx Arambourg, 1959/Enderlein, 1934
A. philadelphiae = Titanopteryx philadelphiae Arambourg, 1959 = Titanopterxy philadelphiae Frey & Martill, 1996 [sic]
(formerly Titanopteryx) is known from a single very large (2-foot) neck vertebra.
Genusame: Azhdarcho
Speciesname: lancicollis
Describer: Nessov, 1984
Distribution: Uzbekistan
Timeperiod: Late Cretaceous
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Info: Genus: Azhdarcho Nessov, 1984 = Azhdarcho Nessov, 1982 [nomen nudum]
A. lancicollis = Azhdarcho imparidens Nessov, 1982 [nomen nudum]
Genusame: Bennettazhia
Speciesname: oregonensis
Describer: (Gilmore, 1928) Nessov, 1991
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Info: Genus: Bennettazhia Nessov, 1991
B. oregonensis = Pteranodon oregonensis Gilmore, 1928
Murry, Winkler & Jacobs (1991) and Nessov (1991) refer Bennettazhia (or Pteranodon) oregonensis to Azhdarchidae; S. C. Bennett (pers. comm. and 1994)
considers it a dsungaripterid.
Genusame: Bogolubovia
Speciesname: orientalis
Describer: (Bogolubov, 1914) Nessov & Yarkov, 1989
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Info: Genus: Bogolubovia Nessov & Yarkov, 1989 = Bogoliubovia Olshevsky, 1991 [sic]
B. orientalis = Ornithostoma orientale Bogolubov, 1914 emend. Olshevsky, 1991 = Ornithostoma (Pteranodon) orientalis Bogolubov, 1914*
= Pteranodon orientalis (Bogolubov, 1914)
Genera ending in -stoma are neuter, not feminine, and so take neuter adjectival specific names. Hence the spelling change to Ornithostoma orientale. Referred to the Azhdarchidae by Nessov (1991).
Genusame: Doratorhynchus
Speciesname: validus
Describer: (Owen, 1870) Seeley, 1875
Distribution: Purbeck Limestones, England
Timeperiod: Late Jurassic, Early Cretaceous
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Info: Genus: Doratorhynchus Seeley, 1875 [nomen dubium]
D. validus = Pterodactylus validus Owen, 1870 [nomen dubium] = Cycnorhamphus validus (Owen, 1870) [nomen dubium] = Ornithocheirus validus (Owen, 1870) Newton, 1888 [nomen dubium] = Ornithochirus validus Lydekker, 1888 [sic] = Doratorhynchus validum Woods, 1891 [sic]
Known from as single slender cervical (neck) vertebrae. This genus is not considered an azhdarchid by Nessov (1991). It is placed in Pterodactyloidia incertae sedis by Howse & A. R. Milner (1995), who also referred some of the material assigned to the type species to the species Gnathosaurus macrurus.
Genusame: Montanazhdarcho
Speciesname: minor
Describer: Padian, de Ricqles, & Horner, 1995
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Timeperiod: Late Cretaceous
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Info: Known from scraps of the humerus and radius and a complete distal carpal of a very small azhdarchid.
Genusame: Quetzalcoathus
Speciesname: northropi
Describer: Lawson, 1975
Distribution: Javelinea Formation, Big Bend National Park, western Texas, US
Timeperiod: Maastrichtian, Late Cretaceous
Size: Wingspan estimate = max.12 m.
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Info: Genus: Quetzalcoatlus Lawson, 1975 = Quetzalcoatus Nessov, 1991 [sic] = Quetzalkoatlus Nessov & Yarkov, 1989 [sic]
Despite numerous popular accounts of this \"largest known flying animal,\" this genus remains formally undescribed and is technically a nomen nudum, but a diagnosis has been published by Nessov (1991). More than one species may be represented in referred material from Texas.
Genusame: Quetzalcoathus
Speciesname: sp.
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Distribution: Alberta, Canada
Timeperiod: Late Cretaceous
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Genusame: Tupuxuara
Speciesname: leonardii
Describer: Kellner & Campos, 1994
Distribution: Santana Formation, northeast Brazil
Timeperiod: Early Cretaceous
Size: Skull length = 1.3 m. Wingspan = 5.4 m.
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Info: Genus: Tupuxuara Kellner & Campos, 1988 = Tepuxuara Nessov, 1991 [sic]
Although this genus had been classified in Tapejaridae by Kellner (1990), he now (pers. comm. at 1989 SVP annual meeting) considers it to be an azhdarchid, based on comparison with undescribed Quetzalcoatlus skull material at the Balcones Research Laboratory in Austin, Texas. It is referred to Azhdarchidae by Nessov (1991).
Genusame: Tupuxuara
Speciesname: longicristatus
Describer: Kellner & Campos, 1988
Distribution: Brazil
Timeperiod: Early Cretaceous
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Info: Genus: Tupuxuara Kellner & Campos, 1988 = Tepuxuara Nessov, 1991 [sic]
T. longicristatus = Tepuxuara longicristatus Nessov, 1991 [sic]
Genusame: Zhejiangopterus
Speciesname: linhaiensis
Describer: Cai & Wei, 1994
Distribution: Tangshang Group, Linhai city, Zhejiang Province, China
Timeperiod: Late Cretaceous
Size: Skull length estimate = 43 cm. Wingspan = 5 m.
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Info: Known from at least four crushed but articulated specimens. A verry large but narrow head