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Targaryendraconia
Targaryendraconia is an extinct clade of lanceodontian pterosaurs that lived from the Early to Late Cretaceous period in Europe, North America, South America, and Australia. Classification Below is a cladogram following a topology by Pêgas and colleagues in 2019. In their analysis, they recovered Targaryendraconia as the sister taxon of the clade Anhangueria, both of which are within the more inclusive group Ornithocheirae. Targaryendraconia is split into two families: the Targaryendraconidae, which contains ''Aussiedraco'', '' Barbosania'', and ''Targaryendraco'', and the Cimoliopteridae, which contains ''Aetodactylus'', ''Camposipterus ''Camposipterus'' is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of England. Fossil remains of ''Camposipterus'' dated back to the Early Cretaceous, about 112 million years ago. Discovery and naming In 1869, Harry Govier Seel ...'', and '' Cimoliopterus''. References Pteranodontoids Hauterivian first appeara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aetodactylus Halli
''Aetodactylus'' (meaning "eagle finger") is a genus of targaryendraconian pterosaur. It is known from a lower jaw discovered in Upper Cretaceous rocks of northeastern Texas, United States. Description ''Aetodactylus'' is based on SMU 76383 (Shuler Museum of Paleontology, Southern Methodist University), a nearly complete lower jaw lacking the right retroarticular process (the bony prong posterior to the jaw joint), part of the posterior end of the mandibular symphysis (where the two halves of the lower jaw meet), and all but two teeth. This specimen was found in 2006 by Lance Hall near a construction site in Mansfield, near Joe Pool Lake (recorded as SMU Loc. 424). The rock it was found in is a calcareous marine sandstone rich in mud–sized particles, from the middle Cenomanian-age (approximately 97 million years old) Tarrant Formation. Also found were fish teeth and vertebrae, and indeterminate bones. The Tarrant Formation is the lowest rock unit of the Cenoman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aetodactylus
''Aetodactylus'' (meaning "eagle finger") is a genus of targaryendraconian pterosaur. It is known from a lower jaw discovered in Upper Cretaceous rocks of northeastern Texas, United States. Description ''Aetodactylus'' is based on SMU 76383 (Shuler Museum of Paleontology, Southern Methodist University), a nearly complete lower jaw lacking the right retroarticular process (the bony prong posterior to the jaw joint), part of the posterior end of the mandibular symphysis (where the two halves of the lower jaw meet), and all but two teeth. This specimen was found in 2006 by Lance Hall near a construction site in Mansfield, near Joe Pool Lake (recorded as SMU Loc. 424). The rock it was found in is a calcareous marine sandstone rich in mud–sized particles, from the middle Cenomanian-age (approximately 97 million years old) Tarrant Formation. Also found were fish teeth and vertebrae, and indeterminate bones. The Tarrant Formation is the lowest rock unit of the Cenom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aussiedraco Molnari
''Aussiedraco'' is a genus of targaryendraconian pterodactyloid pterosaur from the early Cretaceous of Australia. Description ''Aussiedraco'' is known from holotype QM F10613, a partial mandibular symphysis housed at the Queensland Museum, recovered from rocks of the Toolebuc Formation, about 70 km east of Boulia, western Queensland, dating to Albian stage. It was named by Alexander W.A. Kellner, Taissa Rodrigues and Fabiana R. Costa in 2011 and the type species is ''Aussiedraco molnari''. The generic name is derived from "Aussie", a shortened form of Australian, and "draco", from Latin meaning dragon. The specific epithet honours Ralph E. Molnar, who first described the specimen in 1980. The symphysis fragment is 88 millimetres long and very straight and narrow, with a lanceolate not-expanded tip and triangular cross-section. It lacks a keel or crest and is convex on top, with a median narrow deep groove not reaching the tip, but flat at the bottom. As far as can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cimoliopterus
''Cimoliopterus'' is a genus of pterosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous in what is now England and the United States. The first known specimen, consisting of the front part of a snout including part of a crest, was discovered in the Grey Chalk Subgroup of Kent, England, and described as the new species ''Pterodactylus cuvieri'' in 1851. The specific name ''cuvieri'' honours the palaeontologist George Cuvier, whereas the genus ''Pterodactylus'' was then used for many pterosaur species that are not thought to be closely related today. It was one of the first pterosaurs to be depicted as models in Crystal Palace Park in the 1850s. The species was subsequently assigned to various other genera, including ''Ornithocheirus'' and ''Anhanguera''. In 2013, the species was moved to a new genus, as ''Cimoliopterus cuvieri''; the generic name ''Cimoliopterus'' is derived from the Greek words for "chalk" and "wing". Other specimens and species have also been assigned to or synonymi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aussiedraco
''Aussiedraco'' is a genus of targaryendraconian pterodactyloid pterosaur from the early Cretaceous of Australia. Description ''Aussiedraco'' is known from holotype QM F10613, a partial mandibular symphysis housed at the Queensland Museum, recovered from rocks of the Toolebuc Formation, about 70 km east of Boulia, western Queensland, dating to Albian stage. It was named by Alexander W.A. Kellner, Taissa Rodrigues and Fabiana R. Costa in 2011 and the type species is ''Aussiedraco molnari''. The generic name is derived from "Aussie", a shortened form of Australian, and "draco", from Latin meaning dragon. The specific epithet honours Ralph E. Molnar, who first described the specimen in 1980. The symphysis fragment is 88 millimetres long and very straight and narrow, with a lanceolate not-expanded tip and triangular cross-section. It lacks a keel or crest and is convex on top, with a median narrow deep groove not reaching the tip, but flat at the bottom. As far as can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbosania
''Barbosania'' is an extinct genus of crestless targaryendraconian pterosaur from the Cretaceous Romualdo Formation of the Santana Group of northeastern Brazil, dating to the Aptian to Albian. Discovery and naming ''Barbosania'' was named and described by Ross A. Elgin and Eberhard Frey in 2011 and the type species is ''Barbosania gracilirostris''. The generic name honours Professor Miguel Barbosa of the Portuguese Museu de História Natural de Sintra in whose collection the type specimen is present. The specific epithet is derived from Latin ''rostrum'', "snout", and ''gracilis'', "slender", in reference to the slender form of the anterior skull. The holotype, MNHS/00/85, was originally acquired for Barbosa's personal collection, the basis of the new Sintra museum, from Brazilian fossil dealers. Its provenance is probably the Serra da Mãozinha (in the original article was Sierra de Maõsina, but this name is wrong), implying an Early Cretaceous late Albian age, about a hund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbosania Gracilirostris
''Barbosania'' is an extinct genus of crestless targaryendraconian pterosaur from the Cretaceous Romualdo Formation of the Santana Group of northeastern Brazil, dating to the Aptian to Albian. Discovery and naming ''Barbosania'' was named and described by Ross A. Elgin and Eberhard Frey in 2011 and the type species is ''Barbosania gracilirostris''. The generic name honours Professor Miguel Barbosa of the Portuguese Museu de História Natural de Sintra in whose collection the type specimen is present. The specific epithet is derived from Latin ''rostrum'', "snout", and ''gracilis'', "slender", in reference to the slender form of the anterior skull. The holotype, MNHS/00/85, was originally acquired for Barbosa's personal collection, the basis of the new Sintra museum, from Brazilian fossil dealers. Its provenance is probably the Serra da Mãozinha (in the original article was Sierra de Maõsina, but this name is wrong), implying an Early Cretaceous late Albian age, about a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cimoliopterus Dunni
''Cimoliopterus'' is a genus of pterosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous in what is now England and the United States. The first known specimen, consisting of the front part of a snout including part of a crest, was discovered in the Grey Chalk Subgroup of Kent, England, and described as the new species '' Pterodactylus cuvieri'' in 1851. The specific name ''cuvieri'' honours the palaeontologist George Cuvier, whereas the genus ''Pterodactylus'' was then used for many pterosaur species that are not thought to be closely related today. It was one of the first pterosaurs to be depicted as models in Crystal Palace Park in the 1850s. The species was subsequently assigned to various other genera, including '' Ornithocheirus'' and ''Anhanguera''. In 2013, the species was moved to a new genus, as ''Cimoliopterus cuvieri''; the generic name ''Cimoliopterus'' is derived from the Greek words for "chalk" and "wing". Other specimens and species have also been assigned to or synonym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cimoliopterus Cuvieri
''Cimoliopterus'' is a genus of pterosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous in what is now England and the United States. The first known specimen, consisting of the front part of a snout including part of a crest, was discovered in the Grey Chalk Subgroup of Kent, England, and described as the new species '' Pterodactylus cuvieri'' in 1851. The specific name ''cuvieri'' honours the palaeontologist George Cuvier, whereas the genus ''Pterodactylus'' was then used for many pterosaur species that are not thought to be closely related today. It was one of the first pterosaurs to be depicted as models in Crystal Palace Park in the 1850s. The species was subsequently assigned to various other genera, including '' Ornithocheirus'' and ''Anhanguera''. In 2013, the species was moved to a new genus, as ''Cimoliopterus cuvieri''; the generic name ''Cimoliopterus'' is derived from the Greek words for "chalk" and "wing". Other specimens and species have also been assigned to or synonym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Targaryendraco
''Targaryendraco'' is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period (Hauterivian stage) of Hannover, northern Germany. Fossil remains of ''Targaryendraco'' dated back about 132 million years ago. Discovery and naming In July 1984, amateur paleontologist Kurt Wiedenroth discovered a fragmentary pterosaur skeleton in the clay pit of Engelbostel at the southern edge of the city of Hanover. In 1990, Rupert Wild described the find as a new species of '' Ornithocheirus'': ''Ornithocheirus wiedenrothi''. The specific name honors Wiedenroth as discoverer. Wild considered the skeleton to lie evolutionary between ''Ornithocheirus compressirostris'' (now the holotype of ''Lonchodectes'') and ''Ornithocheirus giganteus'' (now the holotype of '' Lonchodraco''). ''O. compressirostris'' was at the time seen as the type species of '' Ornithocheirus'', but it was meanwhile shown that the correct type species is ''O. simus''. The holotype, SMNS 56628, was found in rocks o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Targaryendraco Wiedenrothi
''Targaryendraco'' is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period (Hauterivian stage) of Hannover, northern Germany. Fossil remains of ''Targaryendraco'' dated back about 132 million years ago. Discovery and naming In July 1984, amateur paleontologist Kurt Wiedenroth discovered a fragmentary pterosaur skeleton in the clay pit of Engelbostel at the southern edge of the city of Hanover. In 1990, Rupert Wild described the find as a new species of '' Ornithocheirus'': ''Ornithocheirus wiedenrothi''. The specific name honors Wiedenroth as discoverer. Wild considered the skeleton to lie evolutionary between ''Ornithocheirus compressirostris'' (now the holotype of ''Lonchodectes'') and ''Ornithocheirus giganteus'' (now the holotype of '' Lonchodraco''). ''O. compressirostris'' was at the time seen as the type species of '' Ornithocheirus'', but it was meanwhile shown that the correct type species is ''O. simus''. The holotype, SMNS 56628, was found in rocks o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hauterivian
The Hauterivian is, in the geologic timescale, an age in the Early Cretaceous Epoch or a stage in the Lower Cretaceous Series. It spans the time between 132.9 ± 2 Ma and 129.4 ± 1.5 Ma (million years ago). The Hauterivian is preceded by the Valanginian and succeeded by the Barremian.See Gradstein ''et al.'' (2004) for a detailed geologic timescale Stratigraphic definitions The Hauterivian was introduced in scientific literature by Swiss geologist Eugène Renevier in 1873. It is named after the Swiss town of Hauterive at the shore of Lake Neuchâtel. The base of the Hauterivian is defined as the place in the stratigraphic column where the ammonite genus ''Acanthodiscus'' first appears. A reference profile for the base (a GSSP) was officially ratified by the International Union of Geological Sciences in December of 2019, and is placed in La Charce, France. The top of the Hauterivian (the base of the Barremian) is at the first appearance of ammonite species ''Spitidiscus hugii'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
