Aerodraco

Aerodraco
Temporal range: AlbianCenomanian, ~
Holotype snout in multiple views
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Clade: Ornithocheirae
Clade: Anhangueria
Family: Anhangueridae
Genus: Aerodraco
Holgado & Pêgas, 2020
Type species
Pterodactylus sedgwickii
Owen, 1859
Species
  • Aerodraco sedgwickii
    (Owen, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Pterodactylus sedgwickii
    Owen, 1859
  • Ornithocheirus sedgwicki
    (Owen, 1859)
  • Coloborhynchus sedgwickii
    (Owen, 1859)
  • Camposipterus(?) sedgwickii
    (Owen, 1859)

Aerodraco (meaning "air dragon") is a genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the AlbianCenomanian-age Cambridge Greensand of England. It contains only one species, Aerodraco sedgwickii. It was originally assigned to the genus Pterodactylus.

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