Titanopteryx Arambourg 1959 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae

Full reference: C. Arambourg. 1959. Titanopteryx philadelphiae nov. gen., nov. sp. Ptérosaurien géant [Titanopteryx philadelphiae nov. gen., nov. sp. Giant pterosaurian]. Contributions à la Stratigraphie et à la Paléontologie du Crétacé et du Nummulitique de la Marge NW de la Péninsule Arabique. Notes et Mémoires du Moyen Orient 7:229-234

Parent taxon: Azhdarchidae according to S. C. Bennett 1989

See also Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Murry et al. 1991, Nessov 1984 and Padian 1984

Sister taxa: Aerotitan, Alanqa, Albadraco, Aralazhdarcho, Arambourgiania, Azhdarcho, Bakonydraco, Bennettazhia, Bogolubovia, Chaoyangopterus, Cryodrakon, Doratorhynchus, Eoazhdarcho, Eurazhdarcho, Hatzegopteryx, Mistralazhdarcho, Montanazhdarcho, Navajodactylus, Phosphatodraco, Quetzalcoatlinae, Zhejiangopterus

Subtaxa: none

Type: Titanopteryx philadelphiae

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Israel (1 collection), Senegal (1), United States (1: New Jersey)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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