Dawndraco
Dawndraco | |
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Holotype | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Family: | †Pteranodontidae |
Genus: | †Dawndraco Kellner, 2010 |
Species: | †D. kanzai
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Binomial name | |
†Dawndraco kanzai Kellner, 2010
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Dawndraco is a controversial
Dawndraco was named by
Dawndraco is based on the
The specimen was earlier referred to
In a detailed description and discussion of UALVP 24238, Martin-Silverstone et al. (2017) concluded that 'D. kanzai' was not a distinct genus or species from Pteranodon. They showed that its taxonomic characterisations were suspect or erroneous, and that stratigraphic arguments used to further distinguish 'D. kanzai' from other pteranodontids were questionable when compared to the geologic ranges of other Smoky Hill Chalk species. They concluded that UALVP 24238 is better interpreted as a small (not fully
See also
References
- PMID 21152777.
- doi:10.18435/B5059J.
- S2CID 133248972.
- OCLC 982078341.
- PMID 24768054.