|
Infernodrakon
''Infernodrakon'' (meaning "dragon from hell") is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Montana, United States. The genus contains a Monotypic taxon, single species, ''I. hastacollis'', known from a single neck vertebra. Based on comparisons with related azhdarchids, it probably had a wingspan of about . Discovery and naming In 2002, a putative immature ''Tyrannosaurus'' specimen (BMR P2002.4.1, known as "Specimens of Tyrannosaurus#"Jane": BMRP 2002.4.1, Jane") was recovered from strata belonging to the Maastrichtian-age Hell Creek Formation in Carter County, Montana, Carter County, Montana, United States. Alongside that specimen was the fifth Cervical vertebrae, cervical (neck) vertebra of an azhdarchid pterosaur. Catalogued as BMR P2002.2, it was originally assigned to cf. ''Quetzalcoatlus'' sp. In 2014, Alexander Averianov identified the specimen as indeterminate azhdarchid. In 2021, Brian Andres and Wann Langston Jr. classified BM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infernodrakon Size Comparison
''Infernodrakon'' (meaning "dragon from hell") is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation of Montana, United States. The genus contains a single species, ''I. hastacollis'', known from a single neck vertebra. Based on comparisons with related azhdarchids, it probably had a wingspan of about . Discovery and naming In 2002, a putative immature ''Tyrannosaurus'' specimen (BMR P2002.4.1, known as " Jane") was recovered from strata belonging to the Maastrichtian-age Hell Creek Formation in Carter County, Montana, United States. Alongside that specimen was the fifth cervical (neck) vertebra of an azhdarchid pterosaur. Catalogued as BMR P2002.2, it was originally assigned to cf. ''Quetzalcoatlus'' sp. In 2014, Alexander Averianov identified the specimen as indeterminate azhdarchid. In 2021, Brian Andres and Wann Langston Jr. classified BMR P2002.2 more broadly as an indeterminate azhdarchiform. In 2025, a team consisting of Henry Thomas, Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arambourgiania
''Arambourgiania'' (meaning "Camille Arambourg, Camille Arambourg's") is a genus of pterosaur, an extinct group of flying Reptile, reptiles, that inhabited Jordan during the Maastrichtian age of the Cretaceous, Cretaceous period, around 72 to 66 million years ago. Additional fossil remains from the United States and Morocco have also been found, but their assignment to ''Arambourgiania'' is only tentative. The holotype (name-bearing) specimen was discovered in 1943 by a railway worker near Russeifa, Jordan. After examination of the specimen by paleontologist Camille Arambourg, he described it as belonging to a new genus and species in 1959, ''Titanopteryx philadelphiae''. The genus, generic name means "titan wing", as the fossil was initially misidentified as a wing metacarpal (it would be later identified as a cervical vertebra, cervical (neck) vertebra), while the specific name refers to the ancient history, ancient name of Amman (the capital of Jordan), Philadelphia (Amman), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
