Aerodraco

Aerodraco
Temporal range: AlbianCenomanian, ~105–100 Ma
Holotype snout in multiple views
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Clade: Ornithocheirae
Clade: Anhangueria
Family: Anhangueridae
Genus: Aerodraco
Holgado & Pêgas, 2020
Type species
Pterodactylus sedgwickii
Owen, 1859
Species
  • Aerodraco sedgwickii
    (Owen, 1859)
Synonyms

Aerodraco (meaning "air dragon") is a genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the AlbianCenomanian-age Cambridge Greensand of England. It contains only one species, Aerodraco sedgwickii. It was originally assigned to the genus Pterodactylus.[1]

  1. ^ Holgado, B.; Pêgas, R.V. (2020). "A taxonomic and phylogenetic review of the anhanguerid pterosaur group Coloborhynchinae and the new clade Tropeognathinae". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 65. doi:10.4202/app.00751.2020.