Topotype specimens probably attributable to the giant azhdarchid pterosaur Arambourgiania philadelphiae (Arambourg 1959)

David M. Martill, Markus Moser

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    Abstract

    Six specimens accessioned to the Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology in Munich, Germany, in 1966 are identified as coming from a gigantic pterodactyloid pterosaur. The previously undescribed material was obtained in 1955 by Jean Otto Haas and compares favourably in size with the type specimen of the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) azhdarchid pterosaur Arambourgiania philadelphiae (Arambourg 1959) from the same locality/region. The material represents fragments of two cervical vertebrae, a neural arch, a left femur, a ?radius, and a metacarpal IV and bones of problematic identity, and does not duplicate the type material of Arambourgiania. The timing of its collection and its locality of Ruseifa, Jordan suggest it might pertain to the same individual as the holotype.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationNew perspectives on Pterosaur palaeobiology
    EditorsD. W. E. Hone, M. P. Witton, D. M. Martill
    Place of PublicationLondon
    PublisherGeological Society of London
    VolumeSP455
    DOIs
    Publication statusEarly online - 22 Feb 2017

    Publication series

    NameSpecial Publications
    NumberSP455
    ISSN (Print)0305-8719
    ISSN (Electronic)2041-4927

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