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AZHDARCHO
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Genus: Azhdarcho Nessov, 1984
Etymology: "Ajdarxo (Uzbek name of a mythical dragon)"
Synonyms: Azhdarcho Nessov, 1982 [nomen nudum]
Type species: A. lancicollis
Other Species: none
Diagnosis: See type species.
Classification: Azhdarchidae
Species: A. lancicollis Nessov, 1984
Etymology: "lance neck"
Synonyms: Azhdarcho imparidens Nessov, 1982 [nomen nudum]
Holotype: TsNIGRmuzey 1/11915 — Anterior part of neck vertebra. (Nessov, 1984)
Referred Specimens: TsNIGRmuzey 3/11915 — Atlas and epistropheus. (Nessov, 1984)
TsNIGRmuzey 4/11915 — Posterior part of neck vertebra. (Nessov, 1984)
TsNIGRmuzey 5/11915 — Anterior part of neck vertebra. (Nessov, 1984)
TsNIGRmuzey 6/11915 — Anterior part of neck vertebra. (Nessov, 1984)
TsNIGRmuzey 7/11915 — Notarium. (Nessov, 1984)
TsNIGRmuzey 9/11915 — Part of femur. (Nessov, 1984)
TsNIGRmuzey 10/11915 — ?Distal part of ulna. (Nessov, 1984)
TsNIGRmuzey 9/11915 — ?Proximal part of 2nd phalange of 4th digit. (Nessov, 1984)
TsNIGRmuzey 15/11915 — Anterior part of inside surface of jaw. (Nessov, 1984)
TsNIGRmuzey 17/11915 — Anterior part of jaw. (Nessov, 1984)
Time: Turonian-Coniacian, Late Cretaceous
Horizon: Taykarshinskaya Unit, Bissekt Formation
Location: Dzhara-Kuduk, Kyzyl-Kum Region, Uzbekistan
Skull length: ?
Total length: ?
Wingspan: ?
Mass: ?
Diagnosis: Spinous processes in middle of tubular neck vertebrae, has the form of a weak crest, which is not approached by the lateral crests. (Nessov, 1984)
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References:
Nessov, L. A. 1984, Pterozavryi i ptitsyi pozdnyevo myela sryednyei Azii (Upper Cretaceous Pterosaurs and birds from central Asia). Paleontologisheskiy Zhural. (1) pp. 47–57.
Nessov, L. A. 1991, Gigantskiye lyetayushchiye yashchyeryi semyeistva Azhdarchidae. I. Morfologiya, sistematika. (Giant flying reptiles of the family Azhdarchidae: I. morphology and systematics) Vestnik Leningradskogo Universiteta. Seriya. 7; Geologiya, Geografiya (2), 14–23.
Buffetaut, E., Grigorescu, D., and Csiki, Z., 2003, Giant azhdarchid pterosaurs from the terminal Cretaceous of Transylvania (western Romania): In: Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, edited by Buffetaut, E., and Mazin, J.-M., Geological Society Special Publication, n. 217, p. 91-104.