Europejara olcadesorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Azhdarchoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Superordo: † Pterosauromorpha
Ordo: †Pterosauria
Subordo: †Pterodactyloidea
Superfamilia: †Azhdarchoidea

Familia: †Tapejaridae
Genus: †Europejara
Species: Europejara olcadesorum

Name

  • Europejara olcadesorum Vullo, Marugán-Lobón, Kellner, Buscalioni, Gomez, de la Fuente & Moratalla, 2012
Holotype: MCCM-LH 9413, jaws and post-orbital elements of the skull preserved on part and counterpart slabs.
Type locality: Las Hoyas (Cuenca, Spain), upper Barremian laminated limestone of the La Huérguina Formation (Lower Cretaceous).
Etymology: Species named after the Olcades, Celtiberians who were the first inhabitants of the Cuenca region.

References

  • Vullo, Romain, Jesús Marugán-Lobón, Alexander W. A. Kellner, Angela D. Buscalioni, Bernard Gomez, Montserrat de la Fuente & José J. Moratalla, 2012: A new crested pterosaur from the early Cretaceous of Spain: The first European Tapejarid (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdachoidea). PLoS One, 7(7): e38900. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038900.
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