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Aerotitan sudamericanus
Taxonomy
Aerotitan sudamericanus was named by Novas et al. (2012). Its type specimen is MPCN-PV 0054, a partial skull (a partial rostrum), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro de Guerra, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Allen Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Aerotitan.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Aerotitan sudamericanus Novas et al. p. 1447 figs. 2-3 |
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†Aerotitan sudamericanus Novas et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| F. E. Novas et al. 2012 | Aerotitan sudamericanus is a large pterosaur that differs from other azhdarchoids in the presence of the following combination of characters (autapomorphy indicated with an asterisk): rostrum elongated and transversely compressed (dorsoventrally deeper in Alanqa and transversely wider in both Alanqa and Bakonydraco) with several (i.e., at least six), large slit-like lateral neurovascular foramina aligned parallel to the alveolar margin∗ (the foramina are aligned parallel to the ventral margin of the rostrum in Alanqa and fewer foramina are present in Bakonydraco), and each pair of palatal foramina not aligned to each other (the palatal foramina of at least one pair are perfectly aligned to each other in Bakonydraco). |