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Aralazhdarcho bostobensis

Osteichthyes - Pterosauria - Azhdarchidae

Taxonomy
Aralazhdarcho bostobensis was named by Averianov (2007). Its type specimen is ZI PH no. 9/43, a set of vertebrae (Partial cervical vertebra), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shakh-Shakh (lower), which is in a Santonian/Campanian fluvial-lacustrine claystone/sandstone in the Bostobe Formation of Kazakhstan. It is the type species of Aralazhdarcho.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Aralazhdarcho bostobensis Averianov p. 193 figs. Pl. 9:1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
superfamilyAzhdarchoideaUnwin 1992
familyAzhdarchidae
genusAralazhdarcho
speciesbostobensis

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.

Aralazhdarcho bostobensis Averianov 2007
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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: Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2Kazakhstan (Qyzylorda) Pterosauria indet. (type locality: 53134)