Austriadraco

Name: Austriadraco ‭(‬Austria dragon‭)‬.
Phonetic: Oss-tre-ah-drah-co.
Named By: A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Kellner‭ ‬-‭ ‬2015.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Pterosauria, Austriadraconidae.
Species: A.‭ ‬dallavecchiai‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Piscivore‭?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Austria‭ ‬-‭ ‬Seefelder Schichten Formation.
Time period: Norian/Rhaetian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Skull and partial skeleton.

       Austriadraco is a genus of pterosaur that lived in Austria during the late Triassic.‭ ‬Austriadraco is also noted for bearing a resemblance to‭ ‬the genera Arcticodactylus and‭ ‬Eudimorphodon.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Comments on Triassic pterosaurs with discussion about ontogeny and description of new taxa.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências‭ ‬87‭(‬2‭)‬:669-689.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Kellner‭ ‬-‭ ‬2015.



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