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Quetzalcoatlus lawsoni

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae

Taxonomy
Quetzalcoatlus lawsoni was named by Andres and Langston (2021). Its type specimen is TMM 41961-1, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pterodactyl Ridge, Amaral site, which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial siltstone/claystone in the Javelina Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Quetzalcoatlus lawsoni Andres and Langston Jr

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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
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
superfamilyAzhdarchoideaUnwin 1992
familyAzhdarchidae
subfamilyQuetzalcoatlinaeAndres et al. 2014
genusQuetzalcoatlus
specieslawsoni

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.

†Quetzalcoatlus lawsoni Andres and Langston Jr 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: fast-movingg
Life habit: volantg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: well-developedg
Created: 2011-01-11 20:05:23
Modified: 2011-01-11 03:07:23
Source: g = genus, subp = subphylum
References: Witton 2008, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Quetzalcoatlus sp. (type locality: 92247)