⚠ This taxon is a local entry, absent from the Paleobiology Database. Data may be incomplete or unverified.
Genus
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Rexarthuria

Thomas & McDavid, 2026

Rexarthuria is an extinct genus of azhdarchoid pterosaur known from parts of a single humerus found in the early Cretaceous of the upper Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation in England. The genus contains a single species, Rexarthuria cliftii, originally placed in the genus Palaeornis, which is preoccupied by a bird.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
0
Group
Ptérosaures
Rexarthuria
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Holotype of Rexarthuria or "Palaeornis" clifti, PV OR 2353. Proximal extremity of left humerus. © The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London · CC0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Azhdarchoidea Superfamily
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Rexarthuria Genus
Référence bibliographique
Publication originale
2026 Thomas, Emily M.R.; McDavid, Skye N. (2026-05-26). "The earliest European Azhdarchoid: reappraisal of "Palaeornis" cliftii Mantell, 1844 from the Wealden of Cuckfield, U.K.". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.