Ikrandraco
Genus of lonchodraconid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ikrandraco ("Ikran [a flying creature from Avatar with a crest on the lower jaw] dragon") is a genus of lonchodraconid pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of northeastern China, and the Cambridge Greensand of England. It is notable for its unusual skull, which features a crest on the lower jaw.
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Ikrandraco | |
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I. avatar holotype, Paleozoological Museum of China | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Clade: | †Ornithocheiromorpha |
Clade: | †Lanceodontia |
Family: | †Lonchodraconidae |
Genus: | †Ikrandraco Wang et al., 2020 |
Type species | |
†Ikrandraco avatar Wang et al., 2020 | |
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Synonyms | |
Synonyms of I. machaerorhynchus
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