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[dinosaur] Large pteranodontid pterosaur fossils from Late Cretaceous of Eastern Europe




Ben Creisler
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A new paper:

[I don't have the full text so I don't know if a new taxon is named.]


Alexander O. Averianov & Maxim S. Arkhangelsky (2020)
A large pteranodontid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Eastern Europe.
Geological Magazine (advance online publication)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756820001119
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/geological-magazine/article/abs/large-pteranodontid-pterosaur-from-the-late-cretaceous-of-eastern-europe/1D369709DD7ABE8EABAF492AB55B5E06



The Campanian Beloe Ozero locality within the Rybushka Formation in Saratov Province, Russia, is one of the richest and most diverse Upper Cretaceous pterosaur localities in Europe. It produces identifiable remains of Pteranodontidae indet. and Azhdarchidae indet., as well as bones which can be attributed to either of these groups. The pteranodontid specimens from the Beloe Ozero locality described in this paper include a cervical III, distal scapula, humerus deltopectoral crest, proximal syncarpal, preaxial carpal and complete femur. Based on the femur and proximal syncarpal, the wingspan estimate for the Beloe Ozero pteranodontid varies from 5.2 to 6.5 m. Volgadraco bogolubovi, known from the neighbouring Shyrokii Karamysh locality of the same formation and attributed previously to the Azhdarchidae, is more likely pteranodontid than azhdarchid. The other putative records of the Pteranodontidae in the Late Cretaceous of North America, Europe and Asia are discussed. Pteranodontid pterosaurs had a much wider distribution on the northern continents in the Late Cretaceous than previously thought.


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