AfricaAzhdarchidaeAzhdarchoideaBreviquartossaCaelidraconesEupterodactyloideaLate CretaceousLate MaastrichtianLophocratiaMacronychopteraMonofenestrataNeoazhdarchiaNeopterodactyloideaNovialoideaOrnithocheiroideaPterodactyliformesPterodactyloideaPterodactylomorphaPterosauriaQuetzalcoatlinaeZambellisauria

Phosphatodraco mauritanicus

Pterosaur: Phosphatodraco mauritanicus

Meters Feet
Wingspan*: 5.00 m 16.4 ft
*The largest known specimen

ESR: 2 / 4 (estimated size reliability)

Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Maastrichtian

Details

Status: valid
Autor: Pereda-Suberbiola et al.
Year: 2003
Area: Africa
Country: Morocco
Region: Béni Mellal-Khénifra
Formation: Couche III

Classification

Pterosauria
Zambellisauria
Macronychoptera
Novialoidea
Breviquartossa
Pterodactylomorpha
Monofenestrata
Pterodactyliformes
Caelidracones
Pterodactyloidea
Lophocratia
Eupterodactyloidea
Ornithocheiroidea
Azhdarchoidea
Neoazhdarchia
Neopterodactyloidea
Azhdarchidae
Quetzalcoatlinae


Other

Material: 5 cervical vertebrae and indeterminate fragment of bone. Referred 2 cervical vertebrae.
References: Pereda-Suberbiola, Xabier; Bardet, N.; Jouve, S.; Iarochène, M.; Bouya, B.; Amaghzaz, M. (2003). "A new azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco".

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