Genus
Valid Extinct

Pachagnathus

Martínez et al. 2022

Pachagnathus is an extinct genus of non-pterodactyloid pterosaur from the late Norian–early Rhaetian-aged Quebrada del Barro Formation of Argentina. It lived in the Late Triassic period, and is one of the only known definitive Triassic pterosaurs from the southern hemisphere. It is also one of the few known continental Triassic pterosaurs, indicating that the absence of early pterosaurs in both the southern hemisphere and terrestrial environments is likely a sampling bias, and not a true absence.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Classification
Pterosauria Order
Eopterosauria Unranked clade
Raeticodactylidae Unranked clade
Pachagnathus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
Geological formations
Quebrada del Barro
1
Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Pachagnathus benitoi 227 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
R. N. Martínez, B. Andres, and C. Apaldetti, I. A. Cerda. 2022. The dawn of the flying reptiles: first Triassic record in the southern hemisphere. Papers in Palaeontology 8(2):e1424 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R. N. Martínez, B. Andres, and C. Apaldetti, I. A. Cerda. 2022. The dawn of the flying reptiles: first Triassic record in the southern hemisphere. Papers in Palaeontology 8(2):e1424 DOI ↗