Name
Tethydraco (Tethys dragon).
Phonetic
Tef-e-dray-ko.
Named By
N. R. Longrich, D. M. Martill & B. Andres - 2018.
Classification
Chordata, Reptilia, Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Pteranodontidae.
Diet
Piscivore?
Species
T. regalis
Size
Wingspan roughly estimated at about 5 meters long.
Known locations
Morocco.
Time Period
Late Cretaceous.
Fossil representation
Partial limb bones.
Tethydraco is a genus of pteranodontid pterosaur known to have lived in North Africa during the late Cretaceous.
- Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. - PLoS Biology 16(3):e2001663:1-38. - N. R. Longrich, D. M. Martill & B. Andres - 2018.
