Barbaridactylus
Barbaridactylus is an extinct genus of nyctosaurid pterosaur from Maastrichtian/Danian-aged rocks from the Ouled Abdoun Basin in Morocco. It was one of six new Maastriichtian/Danian-aged pterosaurs described in 2018.[1] Two of these pterosaurs are yet to be named.
| Barbaridactylus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Clade: | †Pteranodontia |
| Family: | †Nyctosauridae |
| Genus: | †Barbaridactylus Longrich, Martill, & Andres, 2018 |
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| †Barbaridactylus grandis Longrich, Martill, & Andres, 2018
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Description
changeBarbaridactylus was probably a slender pterosaur. Its arm and wing bones were averagely sized for a pterosaur of its time.
Discovery and naming
changeBarbaridactylus was described based from two specimens.
The first specimen consisted of a partial jaw, a single neck vertebra, part of the arm and wing bones and the left thigh bone.
The second specimen (catalogued as USM93000) consists of a well preserved skeleton.
Paleoecology
changeBarbaridactylus was discovered in the Ouled Abdoun Basin in Morocco. It coexisted with the pterosaurs Alcione, Simurghia, Tethydraco and Phospatodraco and the dinosaur Chenanisaurus.
References
change- ↑ Nicholas R. Longrich; David M. Martill; Brian Andres (2018). "Late Maastrichtian pterosaurs from North Africa and mass extinction of Pterosauria at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary". PLOS Biology. 16 (3): e2001663. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.2001663. PMC 5849296. PMID 29534059.
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