Genus
Valid Extinct

Ikrandraco

Wang et al. 2014

Ikrandraco is a genus of lonchodraconid pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of northeastern China, and the Cambridge Greensand of England. It is notable for its unusual skull, which features a crest on the lower jaw.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Ikrandraco
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Holotype of Ikrandraco avatar on display at the Paleozoological Museum of China. © Morosaurus millenii · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Pteranodontoidea Superfamily
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Ikrandraco Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Jiufotang
2
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Ikrandraco avatar 121 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
X. Wang, T. Rodrigues, and S. Jiang, X. Cheng, A. W. A. Kellner. 2014. An Early Cretaceous pterosaur with an unusual mandibular crest from China and a potential novel feeding strategy. Scientific Reports 4(6329) DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
X. Wang, T. Rodrigues, and S. Jiang, X. Cheng, A. W. A. Kellner. 2014. An Early Cretaceous pterosaur with an unusual mandibular crest from China and a potential novel feeding strategy. Scientific Reports 4(6329) DOI ↗