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Aussiedraco molnari

Osteichthyes - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Aussiedraco molnari was named by Kellner et al. (2011). Its type specimen is QMF10613, a mandible (Partial mandibular symphysis), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hamilton River channel, Warra Station, which is in an Albian shallow subtidal limestone/shale in the Toolebuc Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Aussiedraco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Aussiedraco molnari Kellner et al. p. 302 fig. 2
2023Aussiedraco molnari Poropat et al. p. 158

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
superfamilyPteranodontoideaKellner 1996
genusAussiedraco
speciesmolnari

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.

†Aussiedraco molnari Kellner et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. W. A. Kellner et al. 2011Pteranodontoid pterosaur with the following combination of characters that distinguishes it from other members of this clade (autapomorphies are marked with an asterisk): dorsal margin of mandibular symphysis markedly convex*, ventral margin of the symphysis straight*, distal end of the symphysis not expanded laterally, mandibular symphysis slightly deeper than wide, deep but narrow dorsal sagittal groove that does not reach the tip of the mandibular symphysis, alveoli sub-equal in size
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Padian 1985

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Australia (Queensland) Lonchodectes sp. (type locality: 89951)