Bennettazhia

Bennettazhia
Temporal range: Albian
103 Ma
[1]
Skeletal diagram of Bennettazhia oregonensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Clade: Tapejaromorpha
Genus: Bennettazhia
Nesov, 1991
Type species
Pteranodon oregonensis
Gilmore, 1928
Species
  • B. oregonensis
    (Gilmore, 1928)
Synonyms

Bennettazhia is a genus of tapejaromorph pterosaur which lived during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous from what is now the Hudspeth Formation of the state of Oregon in the United States. Although originally identified as a species of the pteranodontoid pterosaur Pteranodon, Bennettazhia is now thought to have been a different animal. The type and only species is B. oregonensis.

  1. ^ Retallack, G.J.; Carr, G.E.; Broz, A.P. (2023). "Early Cretaceous pterosaur guano deposit from central Oregon, USA". Lethaia. 56 (1): 1–15. doi:10.18261/let.56.1.3.