Montanazhdarcho
| Montanazhdarcho | |
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| Reconstructed skeletons | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Clade: | †Azhdarchoidea |
| Genus: | †Montanazhdarcho Padian, de Ricqlès & Horner, 1995 |
| Type species | |
| †Montanazhdarcho minor Padian, Ricqlès & Horner, 1995
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Montanazhdarcho is a
Discovery
The
The type species is Montanazhdarcho minor. The generic name refers to the state of Montana and to the related species Azhdarcho. The specific name means "the smaller one" in Latin, a reference to the relatively small size in comparison to closely related forms.
Description
Montanazhdarcho was a relatively small pterosaur, reaching 2.5 m (8.2 ft) in wingspan.[4] The fossil is largely uncompressed and that of an adult exemplar, as established by a study of the bone by de Ricqlès. It consists of a partial left wing, lacking the outer three wing finger phalanges, a complete shoulder girdle, a crushed cervical vertebra and two fragments of the symphysis of the mandible. The jaws were edentulous, i.e. they lacked teeth.[1][2]
Classification
Montanazhdarcho was by the authors assigned to the
See also
References
- ^ a b Padian, K.; Horner, J.R.; de Ricqlès, 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.
- ^ S2CID 132120904.
- ^ McGowen, M.R.; Padian, K.; de Sosa, M.A.; Harmon, R.J. (2002). "Description of Montanazhdarcho minor, an azhdarchid pterosaur from the Two Medicine Formation (Campanian) of Montana". PaleoBios. 22 (1): 1–9.
- ^ PMID 29534059.
- ^ Carroll, Nathan (2015). "Reassignment of Montanazhdarcho minor as a non-azhdarchid member of the Azhdarchoidea". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35: 104.
