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Melkamter Temporal range: Early Jurassic, Toarcian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Holotype specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Clade: | †Pterodactylomorpha |
Clade: | †Monofenestrata |
Genus: | †Melkamter Fernandes, Pol & Rauhut, 2024 |
Species: | †M. pateko |
Binomial name | |
†Melkamter pateko Fernandes, Pol & Rauhut, 2024 |
Melkamter (meaning "winged lizard") is an extinct genus of monofenestratan pterosaurs from the Early Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, M. pateko, known from a partial skull and fragmentary postcranium. Melkamter represents the oldest known monofenestratan pterosaur in the fossil record.
References
- Fernandes, Alexandra E.; Pol, Diego; Rauhut, Oliver W. M. (2024-12-11). "The oldest monofenestratan pterosaur from the Queso Rallado locality (Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Toarcian) of Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina". Royal Society Open Science. 11 (12). doi:10.1098/rsos.241238. ISSN 2054-5703.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Melkamter | |
Melkamter pateko |