Tethydraco
Name:
Tethydraco
(Tethys dragon).
Phonetic: Tef-e-dray-ko.
Named By: N. R. Longrich, D. M. Martill
& B. Andres - 2018.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Pteranodontidae.
Species: T. regalis (type).
Diet: Piscivore?
Size: Wingspan roughly estimated at about 5
meters long.
Known locations: Morocco.
Time period: Late Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial limb bones.
Tethydraco
is
a genus of pteranodontid pterosaur
known to have lived in North Africa
during the late Cretaceous.
Further reading
- Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction
of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. - PLoS
Biology 16(3):e2001663:1-38. - N. R. Longrich, D. M.
Martill & B. Andres - 2018.
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