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Tethydraco, the Glossary

Tethydraco is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous period (Maastrichtian stage) of what is now the area of present Morocco, about 66 million years ago.^[1]

43 relations: Abelisauridae, Alamodactylus, Alcione elainus, Azhdarchidae, Azhdarchoidea, Barbaridactylus, Chenanisaurus, Cladogram, Cretornis, Dinosaur, Epapatelo, Extinction event, Fossil, Holotype, Khouribga, Lagerstätte, Late Cretaceous, Latin, Maastrichtian, Morocco, Muzquizopteryx, Nyctosauridae, Nyctosaurus, Ornithocheiroidea, Ornithocheiromorpha, Ouled Abdoun Basin, Phosphate, Phosphatodraco, Phylogenetics, Piksi, Pteranodon, Pteranodon sternbergi, Pteranodontia, Pteranodontidae, Pteranodontoidea, Pterodactyloidea, Pterosaur, Signor–Lipps effect, Simurghia, Specific name (zoology), Tethys Ocean, Type species, Volgadraco.
Ornithocheiroids
Pterosaurs
Pterosaurs of Africa

Abelisauridae

Abelisauridae (meaning "Abel's lizards") is a family (or clade) of ceratosaurian theropod dinosaurs.

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Alamodactylus

Alamodactylus is an extinct genus of nyctosaurid pteranodontoid pterosaur known from the Late Cretaceous of Texas, southern United States.

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Alcione is a genus of pterosaur from the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, dating back to the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period. Tethydraco and Alcione elainus are fossil taxa described in 2018 and pterosaurs of Africa.

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Azhdarchidae

Azhdarchidae (from the Persian word azhdar, اژدر, a dragon-like creature in Persian mythology) is a family of pterosaurs known primarily from the Late Cretaceous Period, though an isolated vertebra apparently from an azhdarchid is known from the Early Cretaceous as well (late Berriasian age, about 140 million years ago).

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Azhdarchoidea

Azhdarchoidea (or azhdarchoids) is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea, more specifically within the group Ornithocheiroidea.

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Barbaridactylus

Barbaridactylus is a nyctosaurid pterosaur from the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, a basin that dates back to the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous. Tethydraco and Barbaridactylus are fossil taxa described in 2018.

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Chenanisaurus

Chenanisaurus is a genus of predatory abelisaurid dinosaur, with a single known species C. barbaricus.

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Cladogram

A cladogram (from Greek clados "branch" and gramma "character") is a diagram used in cladistics to show relations among organisms.

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Cretornis

Cretornis is a pterosaur genus from the late Cretaceous period (Turonian stage) of what is now the Jizera Formation in the Czech Republic, dating to about 92 million years ago. Tethydraco and Cretornis are ornithocheiroids.

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Dinosaur

Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria.

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Epapatelo

Epapatelo (meaning "wing") is a genus of pteranodontian pterosaur from the late Cretaceous Mocuio Formation of Namibe Province, Angola.

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Extinction event

An extinction event (also known as a mass extinction or biotic crisis) is a widespread and rapid decrease in the biodiversity on Earth.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Holotype

A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.

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Khouribga

Khouribga (khurībka) is the capital of Khouribga Province in the Béni Mellal-Khénifra region, Morocco.

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Lagerstätte

A Fossil-Lagerstätte (from Lager 'storage, lair' Stätte 'place'; plural Lagerstätten) is a sedimentary deposit that exhibits extraordinary fossils with exceptional preservation—sometimes including preserved soft tissues.

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Late Cretaceous

The Late Cretaceous (100.5–66 Ma) is the younger of two epochs into which the Cretaceous Period is divided in the geologic time scale.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Maastrichtian

The Maastrichtian is, in the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS) geologic timescale, the latest age (uppermost stage) of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or Upper Cretaceous Series, the Cretaceous Period or System, and of the Mesozoic Era or Erathem.

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Morocco

Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

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Muzquizopteryx

Muzquizopteryx is a genus of nyctosaurid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period (early Coniacian stage) of what is now Coahuila, Mexico.

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Nyctosauridae

Nyctosauridae (meaning "night lizards" or "bat lizards") is a family of specialized soaring pterosaurs of the late Cretaceous Period of North America, Africa, and possibly Europe.

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Nyctosaurus

Nyctosaurus (meaning "night lizard" or "bat lizard") is a genus of nyctosaurid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of what is now the Niobrara Formation of the mid-western United States, which, during the time Nyctosaurus was alive, was covered in an extensive shallow sea.

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Ornithocheiroidea

Ornithocheiroidea (or ornithocheiroids) is a group of pterosaurs within the extinct suborder Pterodactyloidea. Tethydraco and Ornithocheiroidea are ornithocheiroids.

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Ornithocheiromorpha

Ornithocheiromorpha (from Ancient Greek, meaning "bird hand form") is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea.

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Ouled Abdoun Basin

The Oulad Abdoun Basin (also known as the Ouled Abdoun Basin or Khouribga Basin) is a phosphate sedimentary basin located in Morocco, near the city of Khouribga.

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Phosphate

In chemistry, a phosphate is an anion, salt, functional group or ester derived from a phosphoric acid.

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Phosphatodraco

Phosphatodraco is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the Late Cretaceous of what is now Morocco.

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Phylogenetics

In biology, phylogenetics is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms.

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Piksi

Piksi is a potential pterosaurLongrich, N.R., Martill, D.M., and Andres, B. (2018). Tethydraco and Piksi are ornithocheiroids.

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Pteranodon

Pteranodon; from Ancient Greek πτερόν (pteron 'wing') and ἀνόδων (anodous, anodontos 'toothless') is a genus of pterosaur that included some of the largest known flying reptiles, with P. longiceps having a wingspan of over.

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Pteranodon sternbergi

Pteranodon sternbergi is an extinct species of the pteranodontid pterodactyloid pterosaur genus Pteranodon from the Late Cretaceous geological period of North America.

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Pteranodontia

Pteranodontia is an extinct group of ornithocheiroid pterodactyloid pterosaurs that lived during the Late Cretaceous period (Coniacian to Maastrichtian stages) of North America and Africa.

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Pteranodontidae

The Pteranodontidae are a family of large pterosaurs of the Cretaceous Period of North America and Africa.

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Pteranodontoidea

Pteranodontoidea (or pteranodontoids, from Greek meaning "toothless wings") is an extinct clade of ornithocheiroid pterosaurs from the Early to Late Cretaceous (early Valanginian to late Maastrichtian stages) of Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and South America.

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Pterodactyloidea

Pterodactyloidea (derived from the Greek words πτερόν (pterón, for usual ptéryx) "wing", and δάκτυλος (dáktylos) "finger") is one of the two traditional suborders of pterosaurs ("wing lizards"), and contains the most derived members of this group of flying reptiles.

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Pterosaur

Pterosaurs (from Greek pteron and sauros, meaning "wing lizard") are an extinct clade of flying reptiles in the order Pterosauria. Tethydraco and Pterosaur are pterosaurs.

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Signor–Lipps effect

The Signor–Lipps effect is a paleontological principle proposed in 1982 by Philip W. Signor and Jere H. Lipps which states that, since the fossil record of organisms is never complete, neither the first nor the last organism in a given taxon will be recorded as a fossil.

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Simurghia

Simurghia is a genus of pterosaur from the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, a basin that dates to the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous period, about 66 million years ago. Tethydraco and Simurghia are fossil taxa described in 2018.

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Specific name (zoology)

In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).

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Tethys Ocean

The Tethys Ocean (Τηθύς), also called the Tethys Sea or the Neo-Tethys, was a prehistoric ocean during much of the Mesozoic Era and early-mid Cenozoic Era.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen (or specimens).

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Volgadraco

Volgadraco ("Volga River dragon") is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of European Russia. Tethydraco and Volgadraco are ornithocheiroids.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tethydraco

Also known as Tethydraco regalis.

Tethydraco, the Glossary

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See also

Ornithocheiroids

Pterosaurs

Pterosaurs of Africa

References