Kryptodrakon

Kryptodrakon
Temporal range: Late Jurassic, 162.7 Ma
Life restoration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Genus: Kryptodrakon
Andres, Clark & Xu, 2014
Type species
Kryptodrakon progenitor
Andres, Clark & Xu, 2014

Kryptodrakon is an extinct genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Middle to Late Jurassic with an age of approximately 162.7 million years.[1] It is known from a single type species, Kryptodrakon progenitor. The age of its fossil remains made Kryptodrakon the basalmost and oldest pterodactyloid known to date.[1][2]

Life reconstruction of Kryptodracon progenitor
  1. ^ a b Andres, B.; Clark, J.; Xu, X. (2014). "The Earliest Pterodactyloid and the Origin of the Group". Current Biology. 24 (9): 1011–6. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.030. PMID 24768054.
  2. ^ Chachere, Vickie (April 24, 2014). "International Scientific Team Discovers, Names Oldest Pterodactyloid Species". USF News. Archived from the original on April 26, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2014.