Ikrandraco

Ikrandraco
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 120 Ma
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I. avatar holotype, Paleozoological Museum of China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Pterosauria
Suborder: †Pterodactyloidea
Clade: †Ornithocheiromorpha
Clade: †Lanceodontia
Family: †Lonchodraconidae
Genus: †Ikrandraco
Wang et al., 2020
Type species
†Ikrandraco avatar
Wang et al., 2020
Other species
  • †I. machaerorhynchus
    (Seeley, 1870)
Synonyms
Synonyms of I. machaerorhynchus
  • Ornithocheirus machaerorhynchus
    Seeley, 1870
  • Lonchodectes machaerorhynchus
    (Seeley, 1870)
  • Lonchodraco machaerorhynchus
    (Seeley, 1870)
  • Ornithocheirus microdon
    Seeley, 1870
  • Lonchodectes microdon
    (Seeley, 1870)
  • Lonchodraco microdon
    (Seeley, 1870)
  • Pterodactylus oweni
    Seeley, 1864
  • Ornithocheirus oweni
    (Seeley, 1864)

Ikrandraco ("Ikran [a flying creature from Avatar with a crest on the lower jaw] dragon") is a genus of lonchodraconid pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of northeastern China, and the Cambridge Greensand of England. It is notable for its unusual skull, which features a crest on the lower jaw.