Thanatosdrakon amaru Ortiz David et al. 2022 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae

Full reference: L. D. Ortiz David, B. J. González Riga, and A. W. A. Kellner. 2022. Thanatosdrakon amaru, gen. et sp. nov., a giant azhdarchid pterosaur from the upper Cretaceous of Argentina. Cretaceous Research 137:105228

Belongs to Thanatosdrakon according to L. D. Ortiz David et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UNCUYO-LD 307, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Agua del Padrillo, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian floodplain mudstone in the Plottier Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Agua del Padrillo

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