Genus of tapejaromorph pterosaur from the Cretaceous period
Keresdrakon
Temporal range: Aptian-Albian 125–100.5 Ma
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Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Order:
†Pterosauria
Suborder:
†Pterodactyloidea
Clade:
†Azhdarchoidea
Genus:
†Keresdrakon Kellner et al. 2019
Type species
†Keresdrakon vilsoni
Kellner et al. 2019
Keresdrakon is an extinct genus of azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Goio-Erê Formation of Brazil, which dates back to the Early Cretaceous period (Aptian-Albian stages), 125 to 100.5 million years ago. Keresdrakon contains a single species, Keresdrakon vilsoni.[2]
^Pêgas, R. V.; Zhoi, X.; Jin, X.; Wang, K.; Ma, W. (2023). "A taxonomic revision of the Sinopterus complex (Pterosauria, Tapejaridae) from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota, with the new genus Huaxiadraco". PeerJ. 11. e14829. doi:10.7717/peerj.14829. PMC 9922500.
^Kellner, Alexander W. A.; Weinschütz, Luiz C.; Holgado, Borja; Bantim, Renan A. M.; Sayão, Juliana M. (August 19, 2019). "A new toothless pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from Southern Brazil with insights into the paleoecology of a Cretaceous desert". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 91 (suppl 2): e20190768. doi:10.1590/0001-3765201920190768. ISSN 0001-3765. PMID 31432888.
Keresdrakon is an extinct genus of azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Goio-Erê Formation of Brazil, which dates back to the Early Cretaceous period (Aptian-Albian...
Alanqa is interpreted as a non-azhdarchid azhdarchoid closely related to Keresdrakon. Dyke, G.; Benton, M.; Posmosanu, E.; Naish, D. (2010). "Early Cretaceous...
Cruzeiro do Oeste discovered the skeletons of the pterosaurs Caiuajara, Keresdrakon and Torukjara as well as remains of small theropods. One of these was...
being a true azhdarchid while Alanqa was a basal azhdarchoid related to Keresdrakon. Kellner, A.W.A.; Campos, D.A. (2007). "Short note on the ingroup relationships...
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