Wenupteryx Temporal range:
Tithonian
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | † Pterosauria |
Suborder: | † Pterodactyloidea |
Genus: | †
Wenupteryx Codorniú & Gasparini, 2013 |
Type species | |
†Wenupteryx uzi Codorniú & Gasparini, 2013
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Wenupteryx is an extinct genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Late Jurassic ( Tithonian stage) Vaca Muerta of Neuquén Province, southern Argentina. It was first named by Laura Codorniú and Zulma Gasparini in 2013 and the type species is Wenupteryx uzi. It is a small-sized pterosaur related to the clade Euctenochasmatia or Archaeopterodactyloidea. [1]
Wenupteryx Temporal range:
Tithonian
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | † Pterosauria |
Suborder: | † Pterodactyloidea |
Genus: | †
Wenupteryx Codorniú & Gasparini, 2013 |
Type species | |
†Wenupteryx uzi Codorniú & Gasparini, 2013
|
Wenupteryx is an extinct genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Late Jurassic ( Tithonian stage) Vaca Muerta of Neuquén Province, southern Argentina. It was first named by Laura Codorniú and Zulma Gasparini in 2013 and the type species is Wenupteryx uzi. It is a small-sized pterosaur related to the clade Euctenochasmatia or Archaeopterodactyloidea. [1]