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Largest pterosaurs
Good day to all list members,
I've recently posted a short article on pterosaurs on my blog (
http://dinosaurus.bloguje.cz/783764-uvod-do-pterosaurologie.php ). As a part of
the text, I was trying to create a simple table comprising the largest known
pterosaurs (i. e. those with largest wingspan). I counted there are just 15
genera with a wingspan exceeding 5 meters and five perhaps over 10 meters). I'm
aware there's a high margin of error with all these estimates (given the
incompleteness of fossil record) , so I'd like to make it clear for myself.
Would the table below be more or less correct? Thanks in advance, Vlad
Quetzalcoatlus northropi 11-13 m?
Arambourgiania philadelphiae 12 m?
Hatzegopteryx thambema 12 m?
Ornithocheirus sp. 12 m?
Pteranodon sternbergi 9-11 m?
Tapejara wellnhoferi 5-6 m
Santanadactylus brasiliensis 2,9-5,7 m?
Tupuxuara longicristatus 5,5 m?
Cearadactylus atrox 4-5,5 m?
Zhejiangopterus linhaiensis ...over 5 m
Caulkicephalus trimicrodon 5 m?
Istiodactylus latidens 5 m?
Lacusovagus magnificens 5 m?
Liaoningopterus gui 5 m?
Phosphatodraco mauritanicus 5 m?
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Mgr. Vladimír Socha
http://www.natur.cuni.cz/filosof/
http://dinosaurus.bloguje.cz