Keresdrakon

Ke-res-dray-kon.
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Benjamin Gutierrez

Vertebrate Paleontologist

Benjamin Gutierrez is a leading expert on dinosaurs, particularly the mighty theropods. His fieldwork in South America has uncovered new species and provided insights into dinosaur social structures.

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Name

Keresdrakon ‭(‬Keres dragon‭)‬.

Phonetic

Ke-res-dray-kon.

Named By

J.‭ ‬P.‭ ‬O'Gorman‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Pterosauria,‭ ‬Pterodactyloidea,‭ ‬Tapejaromorpha.

Diet

Uncertain.

Species

K.‭ ‬vilsoni‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

Brazil‭ ‬-‭ ‬Goio-Er� Formation.

Time Period

Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial skull,‭ ‬jaws and partial post‭ ‬cranial skeleton.

In Depth

       Keresdrakon is a genus of pterosaur that lived in Brazil during the Cretaceous.‭ ‬The holotype individual of Keresdrakon was discovered in a bone bed with other pterosaur remains.‭ ‬These remains include the genus Caiuajara,‭ ‬proving that these two pterosaurs were active within the same ecosystem at the same time.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬A small body sized non-aristonectine elasmosaurid‭ (‬Sauropterygia,‭ ‬Plesiosauria‭) ‬from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia with comments on the relationships of the patagonian and antarctic elasmosaurids.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Ameghiniana‭ ‬53‭(‬3‭)‬:245-268.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬P.‭ ‬O’Gorman‭ ‬-‭ ‬2016.

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