Allkaruen

Allkaruen
Temporal range:
Middle Toarcian
~179.17–178.07 Ma
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[1]
Skeletal elements
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Pterosauria
Clade: †Macronychoptera
Clade: †Novialoidea
Clade: †Breviquartossa
Clade: †Pterodactylomorpha
Genus: †Allkaruen
Codorniú et al. 2016[2]
Species:
†A. koi
Binomial name
†Allkaruen koi
Codorniú et al. 2016[2]

Allkaruen (meaning "ancient brain") is a genus of "rhamphorhynchoid" pterosaur from the Early Jurassic Cañadon Asfalto Formation in Argentina.[2] It contains a single species, Allkaruen koi.

  1. ^ Fantasia, A.; Föllmi, K. B.; Adatte, T.; Spangenberg, J. E.; Schoene, B.; Barker, R. T.; Scasso, R. A. (2021). "Late Toarcian continental palaeoenvironmental conditions: An example from the Canadon Asfalto Formation in southern Argentina". Gondwana Research. 89 (1): 47–65. Bibcode:2021GondR..89...47F. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2020.10.001. S2CID 225120452. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Codorniú, L.; Carabajal, A.P.; Pol, D.; Unwin, D.; Rauhut, O.W.M (2016). "A Jurassic pterosaur from Patagonia and the origin of the pterodactyloid neurocranium". PeerJ. 4: e2311. doi:10.7717/peerj.2311. PMC 5012331. PMID 27635315.