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Montanazhdarcho minor

Reptilia - Azhdarchidae

Taxonomy
Montanazhdarcho minor was named by Padian et al. (1995). Its type specimen is MOR 691, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Azhdarchid pterosaur, Glacier County, which is in a Campanian channel sandstone in the Two Medicine Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Montanazhdarcho minor Padian et al. p. 81
2001Montanazhdarcho minori Horner et al. p. 9
2003Montanazhdarcho minor Unwin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
Azhdarchoidea(Unwin 1992)
familyAzhdarchidae
genusMontanazhdarcho
speciesminor

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Montanazhdarcho minor Padian et al. 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-01-04 11:38:30
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:23
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985

Age range: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Montana) Montanazhdarcho minor (type locality: 90189)