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Phosphatodraco mauritanicus

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae

Taxonomy
Phosphatodraco mauritanicus was named by Pereda Suberbiola et al. (2003). Its type specimen is OCP DEK/GE 111, a set of vertebrae (five cervical vertebrae and an indeterminate bone), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sidi Daoui "site 1", which is in a Maastrichtian marine phosphorite in the Couche III Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Phosphatodraco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Phosphatodraco mauritanicus Pereda Suberbiola et al. p. 80 figs. 2-3

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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
genusPhosphatodraco
speciesmauritanicus

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.

†Phosphatodraco mauritanicus Pereda Suberbiola et al. 2003
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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: Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco (Chaouia-Ouardigha) Phosphatodraco mauritanicus (type locality: 92203)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Morocco (Khouribga) Phosphatodraco mauritanicus (193774)