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Hatzegopteryx thambema

Reptilia - Azhdarchidae

Taxonomy
Hatzegopteryx thambema was named by Buffetaut et al. (2002). Its type specimen is FGGUB R1083, a partial skeleton (Associated skull elements (occiput, right suspensorium), incomplete left humerus and unidentified bone fragments from a single individual), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Valioara, Hatzegopteryx holotype site, which is in a Maastrichtian channel siltstone in the Densuş-Ciula Formation of Romania. It is the type species of Hatzegopteryx.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Hatzegopteryx thambema Buffetaut et al. p. 180 figs. 1-3

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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
—Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Azhdarchoidea(Unwin 1992)
familyAzhdarchidae
genusHatzegopteryx
speciesthambema

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.

†Hatzegopteryx thambema Buffetaut et al. 2002
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Hatzegopteryx thambema (type locality: 89991)