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Navajodactylus boerei

Reptilia - Azhdarchidae

Taxonomy
Navajodactylus boerei was named by Sullivan and Fowler (2011). Its type specimen is SMP VP-1445, a limb element (right wing phalanx D-IV-1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Denver's Blowout, SMP Loc. 281, which is in a Campanian terrestrial mudstone in the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico. It is the type species of Navajodactylus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Navajodactylus boerei Sullivan and Fowler p. 395 figs. 2-5, 7D

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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
genusNavajodactylus
speciesboerei

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.

†Navajodactylus boerei Sullivan and Fowler 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. M. Sullivan and D. W. Fowler 2011A medium-size pterosaur (estimated wing span 3.5 meters) that differs from all other azhdarchid pterosaurs in having the following combination of features that pertain to the extensor tendon process: occupies 75% of the proximal articulation surface of the 1st wing phalanx; prominent dorsal boss on the superior margin of the dorsal cotyle; two pneumatic foramina on ventral cotyle; shallow opened extensor tendon process saddle; arc of metacarpal IV large, occupying more than 50% of the proximal area.
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: Carroll 1988, Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Navajodactylus boerei (type locality: 138830 138831)