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Cryodrakon boreas

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae

Taxonomy
Cryodrakon boreas was named by Hone et al. (2019). Its type specimen is TMP 1992.83, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is RTMP Quarry 207, which is in a Campanian terrestrial sandstone in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Cryodrakon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Cryodrakon boreas Hone et al.

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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
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
superfamilyAzhdarchoideaUnwin 1992
familyAzhdarchidae
genusCryodrakon
speciesboreas

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.

†Cryodrakon boreas Hone et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available