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HATZEGOPTERYX
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Genus: Hatzegopteryx Buffetaut, Grigorescu, & Csiki, 2002
Etymology: "Hațeg wing"
Type species: H. thambema
Other Species: none
Diagnosis: See type species.
Classification: Azhdarchidae
Holotype: FGGUB R1083 — Associated skull elements (occiput, right suspensorium), incomplete left humerus and unidentified bone fragments from a single individual. (Buffetaut, Grigorescu, & Csiki, 2002)
Referred Specimens: FGGUB R1625 — A 385 mm long femur, lacking both articular ends. (Buffetaut, Grigorescu, & Csiki, 2002)
Time: Maastrichtian, Late Cretaceous
Horizon: Densuș-Ciula Formation
Location: Vălioara, Hațeg Basin, Transylvania, Romania
Skull length: ?
Total length: ?
Wingspan: ?
Mass: ?
Diagnosis: A very large azhdarchid pterosaur with a robustly built and posteriorly broad skull. Helical articulation of the quadrate with the mandible massive, with smoothly rounded rather than angular condyles, and no notch posterior to the lateral condyle. (Buffetaut, Grigorescu, & Csiki, 2002)
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References:
Buffetaut, E., Grigorescu, D., and Csiki, Z., 2002, A new giant pterosaur with a robust skull from the upper Cretaceous of Romania. Naturwissenschaften 89: 180-184.
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.