Eurazhdarcho
Name:
Eurazhdarcho
(European Azdarcho).
Phonetic: Eur-az-dar-coe.
Named By: Matyas Vremir, Alexander Wilhelm Armin
Kellner, Darren Naish, & Gareth Dyke - 2013.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Azhdarchidae.
Species: E. langendorfensis
(type).
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: Romania, Transylvania - Sebes
Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Some cervical (neck)
vertebrae and a partial right hand and fingers.
Eurazhdarcho was named because of its location and its close relationship to the type genus of the azhdarchidae, Azdarcho. Unfortunately not much of Eurazhdarcho is known, and what has been preserved is in a very poor state of preservation. We don’t know yet exactly how big Eurazhdarcho was because there simply isn’t enough of the skeleton to know for certain. But azdarchid pterosaurs from Romania could grow big as evidenced by the pterosaur Hatzegopteryx, a possible contender for the largest pterosaur of all time.
Further reading
- A New Azhdarchid Pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of the
Transylvanian Basin, Romania: Implications for Azhdarchid Diversity
and Distribution, Matyas Vremir, Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner,
Darren Naish, & Gareth Dyke - 2013.
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