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Garudapterus
''Garudapterus'' (meaning "Garuda wing") is a genus (biology), genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous in what is now Thailand. The type species, type and only species is ''G. buffetauti'', named after the palaeontologist Éric Buffetaut for his longstanding contributions to Thai palaeontology. ''Garudapterus'' is known from a partial Rostrum (anatomy), rostrum and associated tooth fragments discovered in 2023 and named in 2025, making it the first pterosaur species to be named from South-East Asia. It belonged to the gnathosaurine lineage of pterosaurs, possessing a spatulate rostrum and elongate teeth, and is distinguished by the keeled shape and diamond-shaped tip of its jaw. Preserved in an ancient river channel at the Phra Pong locality in rocks of the Khorat Group, it would have lived in a freshwater floodplain ecosystem amongst dinosaurs and other Early Cretaceous animals. Discovery and naming The Phra Prong geologic locality in the Phanom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 In Archosaur Paleontology
This article records new taxa of fossil Archosaur, archosaurs of every kind that are scheduled Binomial nomenclature, described during the year 2025, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleontology of archosaurs that are scheduled to occur in the year 2025. Pseudosuchians New pseudosuchian taxa General pseudosuchian research * Fitch, Kammerer & Sterling Nesbitt, Nesbitt (2025) describe Femur, femora of Poposauroidea, poposauroids similar to ''Poposaurus, Poposaurus gracilis'' from the Cumnock Formation, Cumnock and Pekin Formation, Pekin formations (Chatham Group; North Carolina, United States), expanding known geographical range of Late Triassic poposauroids. * McDavid (2025) discusses the validity and authorship of the name ''Prestosuchus'', considering the name ''Huenesuchus'' a junior synonym. Aetosaur research * A study on the histology of osteoderms of ''Stagonolepis, Stagonolepis olenkae'' is published by Błaszczeć & Antczak (2025). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
