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.