Genus
Valid Extinct

Keresdrakon

Kellner et al. 2019

Keresdrakon is an extinct genus of azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Goio-Erê Formation of Brazil, which dates back to the Early Cretaceous period, 125 to 100.5 million years ago. Keresdrakon contains a single species, Keresdrakon vilsoni.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Keresdrakon
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Azhdarchoidea Superfamily
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Tapejaromorpha Unranked clade
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Keresdrakon Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
1
Geological formations
Goio-Erê
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Keresdrakon vilsoni 121 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
A. W. A. Kellner, L. C. Weinschutz, and B. Holgado, R. A. M. Bantim, J. M. Sayão. 2019. A new toothless pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from Southern Brazil with insights into the paleoecology of a Cretaceous desert. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 91(2):e20190768 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
A. W. A. Kellner, L. C. Weinschutz, and B. Holgado, R. A. M. Bantim, J. M. Sayão. 2019. A new toothless pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) from Southern Brazil with insights into the paleoecology of a Cretaceous desert. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 91(2):e20190768 DOI ↗