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Preondactylus
Genus of preondactylian pterosaur from the Late Triassic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Preondactylus is a genus of long-tailed pterosaurs from the Late Triassic (Carnian-Norian[1] or late Norian,[2] about 217-214 million years ago)[3] that inhabited what is now Italy. It contains a single known species, Preondactylus buffarinii, which was discovered by Nando Buffarini in 1982 at the Forni Dolostone near Udine in the Preone valley of the Italian Alps.[4]
Quick Facts Preondactylus Temporal range: Late Triassic, Carnian or Norian, Scientific classification ...
Preondactylus Temporal range: Late Triassic, Carnian or Norian | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Clade: | †Preondactylia |
Genus: | †Preondactylus Wild, 1984 |
Species: | †P. bufarinii |
Binomial name | |
†Preondactylus bufarinii Wild, 1984 | |
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