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Quetzalcoatlus
Taxonomy
Quetzalcoatlus was named by Lawson (1975). Its type is Quetzalcoatlus northropi.
It was assigned to Titanopterygiidae by Padian (1984); to Ornithocheiridae by Carroll (1988); to Azhdarchidae by Nessov (1991), Murry et al. (1991), Unwin (2003), Henderson and Peterson (2006), Wang et al. (2008), Andres and Myers (2013); to Azhdarchidae by Bennett (1989), Martill and Naish (2006), Andres et al. (2014), Headden and Campos (2014); and to Quetzalcoatlinae by Andres and Langston (2021).
It was assigned to Titanopterygiidae by Padian (1984); to Ornithocheiridae by Carroll (1988); to Azhdarchidae by Nessov (1991), Murry et al. (1991), Unwin (2003), Henderson and Peterson (2006), Wang et al. (2008), Andres and Myers (2013); to Azhdarchidae by Bennett (1989), Martill and Naish (2006), Andres et al. (2014), Headden and Campos (2014); and to Quetzalcoatlinae by Andres and Langston (2021).
Species
Q. lawsoni, Q. northropi (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1975 | Quetzalcoatlus Lawson p. 677 |
| 1984 | Quetzalcoatlus Padian p. 522 |
| 1988 | Quetzalcoatlus Carroll |
| 1989 | Quetzalcoatlus Bennett |
| 1991 | Quetzalcoatlus Murry et al. p. 168 |
| 1991 | Quetzalcoatlus Nessov p. 21 |
| 2003 | Quetzalcoatlus Unwin |
| 2006 | Quetzalcoatlus Henderson and Peterson p. 192 |
| 2006 | Quetzalcoatlus Martill and Naish |
| 2008 | Quetzalcoatlus Wang et al. p. 1985 fig. 4 |
| 2013 | Quetzalcoatlus Andres and Myers |
| 2014 | Quetzalcoatlus Andres et al. |
| 2014 | Quetzalcoatlus Headden and Campos |
| 2021 | Quetzalcoatlus Andres and Langston Jr |
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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.
G. †Quetzalcoatlus Lawson 1975
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†Quetzalcoatlus lawsoni Andres and Langston Jr 2021
†Quetzalcoatlus northropi Lawson 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Texas) | Pterosauria indet. (92249 92251) Q. northropi (85191 230205 230206) Q. sp. (52090 85190 92247) |