Genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous
Mythunga
Temporal range: Albian
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Holotype skull and mandible of Mythunga (QM F18896)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Order:
†Pterosauria
Suborder:
†Pterodactyloidea
Family:
†Anhangueridae
Tribe:
†Mythungini
Genus:
†Mythunga Molnar and Thulborn, 2008
Type species
†Mythunga camara
Molnar and Thulborn, 2008
Mythunga is a genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the late Early Cretaceous of Australia. Fossil remains of Mythunga dated back to the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous, and the animal itself was found to be a close relative of another Australian anhanguerid called Ferrodraco.
Mythunga is a genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the late Early Cretaceous of Australia. Fossil remains of Mythunga dated back to the Albian stage of...
Ferrodraco has a slightly smaller wingspan of around 4 metres (13 ft), and Mythunga likely had a wingspan between 4–6 metres (13–20 ft). To test the affinities...
tropeognathines, is defined as "the group consisting of Mythunga camara and all species more closely related to Mythunga than to Tropeognathus mesembrinus, Amblydectes...
Ornithocheirinae, as sister taxon to Mythunga. A recent study also recovered Ferrodraco as sister taxon to Mythunga, but both placed within the family Anhangueridae...
Tropeognathinae of the family Anhangueridae, sister taxon to both Ferrodraco and Mythunga. The cladogram below shows a topology published by Richards and colleagues...
their analysis, Pentland and colleagues found the genera Ferrodraco and Mythunga to belong the Ornithocheiridae as well, specifically sister taxa within...
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