Arambourgiania
Genus of large azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Arambourgia.
Arambourgiania is an extinct genus of azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period (Maastrichtian stage) of Jordan, and possibly the United States.[1] Arambourgiania was among the largest members of its family, the Azhdarchidae, and it is also one of the largest flying animals ever known. The incomplete left ulna of the "Sidi Chennane azhdarchid" from Morocco may have also belonged to Arambourgiania.[2]
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Arambourgiania | |
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Holotype fossil cast at Museum Histoire Naturelle, Paris | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Family: | †Azhdarchidae |
Subfamily: | †Quetzalcoatlinae |
Genus: | †Arambourgiania Nessov vide Nessov & Yarkov, 1989 |
Species: | †A. philadelphiae |
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†Arambourgiania philadelphiae (Arambourg, 1959) | |
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