Mistralazhdarcho

Mis-tral-az-dar-ko.
By Lilah Turner
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Lilah Turner

Evolutionary Biologist

Lilah Turner investigates how prehistoric animals adapted to changing environments, offering insights into evolution's mechanisms.

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Turner, L. (2012, March 28). Mistralazhdarcho. Prehistoric-wildlife. https://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/mistralazhdarcho/

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Name

Mistralazhdarcho ‭(‬Mistral Azdarcho‭)‬.

Phonetic

Mis-tral-az-dar-ko.

Named By

Romain Vullo,‭ ‬G�raldine Garcia,‭ ‬Pascal Godefroit,‭ ‬Aude Cincotta‭ & ‬Xavier Valentin‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Pterosauria,‭ ‬Pterodactyloidea,‭ ‬Azhdarchidae.

Diet

Carnivore‭?‬/Pisicvore‭?

Species

M.‭ ‬maggii‭

Size

Holotype wingspan roughly estimated to be about‭ ‬4.5‭ ‬meters,‭ ‬but this is for a juvenile.‭ ‬Adult size unknown.

Known locations

France.

Time Period

Campanian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial skull and‭ ‬partial post cranial skeleton.‭ ‬Remains are of a juvenile.

In Depth

       Mistralazhdarcho is a genus of azdarchid pterosaur that lived in Western Europe during the late Cretaceous.‭ ‬Because the remains of the holotype individual are both incomplete and of an immature individual,‭ ‬the full size of‭ ‬Mistralazhdarcho is unknown at the‭ ‬time of writing.‭ ‬Comparison to the remains of other azdarchid pterosaur genera however suggests that when fully grown Mistralazhdarcho would have had a wingspan somewhere between five and six meters,‭ ‬at medium size for an azdarchid pterosaur.

Further Reading

-‭ M‬istralazhdarcho maggii,‭ ‬gen.‭ ‬et sp.‭ ‬nov.,‭ ‬a new azhdarchid pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of southeastern France.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Romain Vullo,‭ ‬G�raldine Garcia,‭ ‬Pascal Godefroit,‭ ‬Aude Cincotta‭ & ‬Xavier Valentin‭ ‬-‭ ‬2018.

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