Mesadactylus
Genus of anurognathid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mesadactylus ('mesa finger') is an extinct genus of pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian-Tithonian-age Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Colorado, United States. The genus was named in 1989 by James Jensen and Kevin Padian. The type species is Mesadactylus ornithosphyos.
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Mesadactylus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Family: | †Anurognathidae |
Genus: | †Mesadactylus Jensen & Padian, 1989 |
Species: | †M. ornithosphyos |
Binomial name | |
†Mesadactylus ornithosphyos Jensen & Padian, 1989 | |
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