Genus of large azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous
Not to be confused with Arambourgia.
Arambourgiania
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
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Holotype fossil cast at Museum Histoire Naturelle, Paris
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Order:
†Pterosauria
Suborder:
†Pterodactyloidea
Family:
†Azhdarchidae
Subfamily:
†Quetzalcoatlinae
Genus:
†Arambourgiania Nessov vide Nessov & Yarkov, 1989
Species:
†A. philadelphiae
Binomial name
†Arambourgiania philadelphiae
(Arambourg, 1959)
Synonyms
Genus synonymy
Titanopteryx Arambourg, 1959 (preoccupied)
Species synonymy
Titanopteryx philadelphiae Arambourg, 1959
Arambourgiania is an extinct genus of azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period (Maastrichtian stage) of Jordan, and possibly the United States.[1]Arambourgiania was among the largest members of its family, the Azhdarchidae, and it is also one of the largest flying animals ever known. The incomplete left ulna of the "Sidi Chennane azhdarchid" from Morocco may have also belonged to Arambourgiania.[2]
^Harrell, T. Lynn Jr.; Gibson, Michael A.; Langston, Wann Jr. (2016). "A cervical vertebra of Arambourgiania philadelphiae (Pterosauria, Azhdarchidae) from the Late Campanian micaceous facies of the Coon Creek Formation in McNairy County, Tennessee, USA" Bull. Alabama Mus. Nat. Hist.33:94–103
^Longrich, Nicholas R.; Martill, David M.; Andres, Brian; Penny, David (2018). "Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary". PLOS Biology. 16 (3): e2001663. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.2001663. PMC 5849296. PMID 29534059.
Arambourgiania is an extinct genus of azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period (Maastrichtian stage) of Jordan, and possibly the United States...
(16 in) long. Meanwhile, the same vertebrae in the similarly giant Arambourgiania measured 2.652 metres (8 ft 8.4 in). This indicates that the neck of...
pterosaurs Azhdarcho, Quetzalcoatlus, and Titanopteryx (now known as Arambourgiania). They were among the last known surviving members of the pterosaurs...
Azhdarchidae, examples of these are Quetzalcoatlus, Hatzegopteryx, and Arambourgiania. The Azhdarchoidea has been recovered as either closely related to the...
and Quetzalcoatlus northropi, Q. lawsoni, Hatzegopteryx thambena, and Arambourgiania philadelphiae. Below are the results of the study. Cryodrakon is thought...
Khouribga Province, Morocco A tiny Nyctosaurid from Africa. †Arambourgiania †Arambourgiania philadelphiae 70.6–66 Ma Zarqa Governorate, Jordan An azhdarchid...
the family Pteranodontidae. Nesov also referred Quetzalcoatlus and Arambourgiania (then known as Titanopteryx) to this subfamily, which was subsequently...
Paris, where he succeeded his teacher Marcellin Boule. The pterosaur Arambourgiania is named after him. He was President of the PanAfrican Archaeological...
researchers", among which are the world's only discovered fossil bones of Arambourgiania. According to Nature journal, Jordan has the highest number of researchers...
(36–39 ft) wingspan. An unnamed Mongolian pterodactyloid pterosaur and Arambourgiania from Jordan could reach a wingspan of nearly 10 m (33 ft). The main...
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