Aerotitan
| Aerotitan | |
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| Restoration of Aerotitan as an azhdarchid , following the original interpretation
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Family: | †Azhdarchidae |
| Genus: | †Aerotitan Novas et al. 2012 |
| Species: | †A. sudamericanus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Aerotitan sudamericanus Novas et al. 2012
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Aerotitan is a
Discovery and naming
The
The holotype, MPCN-PV 0054, has been recovered near the Bajo de Arriagada site, in Patagonia, from a layer of the upper Allen Formation. It consists, according to the original description, of a partial rostrum with a preserved length of 264 millimeters (10.4 in). This snout is elongated and transversely compressed and the jaws are toothless. The wingspan has been estimated as at least 5 meters (16 ft).[1]
In 2021, a study concluded that the specimen represented, not the upper jaws but the lower jaws.[2]
Taxonomy
Aerotitan has been assigned to the
Dsungaripteromorpha
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Conversely, a 2021 study by Rodrigo Pêgas and colleagues noted dissimilarities between it and thalassodromines and supported an azhdarchid identity.[2]
The
Azhdarchiformes
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