Tendaguripterus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Family: | †Germanodactylidae (?) |
| Genus: | †Tendaguripterus Unwin & Heinrich, 1999 |
| Species: | †T. recki
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| †Tendaguripterus recki Unwin & Heinrich, 1999
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Tendaguripterus was a
.Discovery and naming
During the German paleontological expeditions to German East Africa between 1909 and 1913, some pterosaur fossil material was collected that was recognized as such by Hans Reck in 1931.[1] In 1999 David Unwin and Wolf-Dieter Heinrich named a new genus for it. The type species is Tendaguripterus recki. The genus name is derived from Tendaguru and a Latinized Greek pteron, "wing". The specific name honors Reck.
Description
The genus is based on
Tendaguripteridae, of which it is the only member.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Reck, H. (1931), "Die deutschostafrikanischen Flugsaurier", Centralblatt für Mineralogie und Paläontologie B 7: 321-336
- ^ Unwin, David M.; Heinrich, Wolf-Dieter (1999). "On a pterosaur jaw from the Upper Jurassic of Tendaguru (Tanzania)". Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe. 2: 121–134.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-2295-1.
- ISBN 978-0-13-146308-0.
- ^ Unwin, David M. (2006). The Pterosaurs: From Deep Time. pp. 84–85.
- ^ Kellner A.W.A., Mello A.M.S. & Ford T. (2007). "A survey of pterosaurs from Africa with the description of a new specimen from Morocco". in: Carvalho I.S. et al. (eds.). Paleontologia: Cenários da Vida, Vol. 1. Interciência, p. 257-267
External links
- Tendaguripterus in The Pterosauria
