Genus of azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Aerotitan
Temporal range: Maastrichtian ~70 Ma
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Restoration of Aerotitan as an azhdarchid, following the original interpretation
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Order:
†Pterosauria
Suborder:
†Pterodactyloidea
Family:
†Azhdarchidae
Genus:
†Aerotitan Novas et al. 2012
Species:
†A. sudamericanus
Binomial name
†Aerotitan sudamericanus
Novas et al. 2012
Aerotitan is a genus of large azhdarchid pterosaur known from the Late Cretaceous period (Maastrichtian stage) of what is now the Allen Formation of the Neuquén Basin in northern Patagonia, Argentina.[1]
^Novas, F. E.; Kundrát, M.; Agnolín, F. L.; Ezcurra, M. D.; Ahlberg, P. E.; Iasi, M. P.; Arriagada, A.; Chafrat, P. (2012). "A New Large Pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 32 (6): 1447–1452. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.703979. hdl:11336/98097. JSTOR 23361061. S2CID 84340520.
Aerotitan is a genus of large azhdarchid pterosaur known from the Late Cretaceous period (Maastrichtian stage) of what is now the Allen Formation of the...
Chaoyangopterus, Shenzhoupterus, and Jidapterus. A 2021 study focused on Aerotitan recovers Xericeps and Argentinadraco as sister taxa within Chaoyangopteridae...
dsungaripterids. More recently, the Late Cretaceous genera Alanqa and Aerotitan, typically considered azhdarchids, have been recovered as thalassodromines...
colleagues in 2018, recovered Alanqa as a thalassodromid, sister taxon to Aerotitan (a pterosaur also assigned as an azhdarchid). However, this concept is...
similar to those seen in Alanqa and Argentinadraco. A 2021 study focused on Aerotitan recovers it as a chaoyangopterid closely related to Argentinadraco. The...
Formation Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Aerotitan A. sudamericanus Bajo de Arriagada Uppermost Allen Fm. Partial rostrum...
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