Argentinadraco

Name: Argentinadraco ‭(‬Argetnina dragon‭)‬.
Phonetic: Ar-gen-te-nah-dray-ko.
Named By: A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Kellner‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬O.‭ ‬Calvo‭ ‬-‭ ‬2017.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Pterosauria,‭ ‬Pterodactyloidea,‭ ‬Azhdarchoidea.
Species: A.‭ ‬barrealensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Length of preserved segment of the lower jaw‭ ‬259‭ ‬millimetres long.‭ ‬Jaw is incomplete.
Known locations: Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Portezuelo Formation.
Time period: Late Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial lower jaw,‭ ‬missing the rear portion.

       Argentinadraco is a genus of azdarchid pterosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬At the time of its description,‭ ‬Argentinadraco is only known from the‭ ‬frontal half of the lower jaws,‭ ‬so it is difficult to ascertain specific details about this pterosaur.

Further reading
-‭ ‬New azhdarchoid pterosaur‭ (‬Pterosauria,‭ ‬Pterodactyloidea‭) ‬with an unusual lower jaw from the Portezuelo Formation‭ (‬Upper Cretaceous‭)‬,‭ ‬Neuqu�n Group,‭ ‬Patagonia,‭ ‬Argentina.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ci�ncias.‭ ‬89‭ (‬3‭ ‬Suppl‭)‬:‭ ‬2003‭–‬2012.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬W.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Kellner‭ & ‬J.‭ ‬O.‭ ‬Calvo‭ ‬-‭ ‬2017.



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