Quetzalcoatlus northropi

Quetzalcoatlus northropi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Azhdarchoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: † Pterosauromorpha Ordo: †Pterosauria Subordo: †Pterodactyloidea Superfamilia: †Azhdarchoidea

Familia: †Azhdarchidae
Genus: Quetzalcoatlus
Species: †Quetzalcoatlus northropi

Name

Quetzalcoatlus northropi Lawson, 1975

• Type locality: Big Bend – in a Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone in the Javelina Formation of Texas.
• Holotype: TMM 41450-3, a set of postcrania (partial forelimb).

References

• Lawson, D.A., 1975: Could pterosaurs fly? Science, 188: 676–677 DOI: 10.1126/science.188.4189.676-a [original description; login required]
• †Quetzalcoatlus northropi Lawson, 1975 (pterosaur). The Paleobiology Database