Genus
Valid Extinct

Albadraco

Solomon et al. 2020

Albadraco is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur that lived during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Romania. The type species is Albadraco tharmisensis. Its remains, consisting of parts of the snout and a neck vertebra, were found in the Șard Formation, near the city of Alba Iulia in Transylvania. The species was named and described in 2020 by paleontologist Alexandru Solomon and colleagues.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Albadraco
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
Pterodactyloidea Suborder
Azhdarchoidea Superfamily
Azhdarchidae Family
Albadraco Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇷🇴 Romania
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Geological formations
Şard
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Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
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Species (1)
Albadraco tharmisensis 72 Ma
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Bibliography
Original description
A. A. Solomon, V. A. Codrea, and M. Venczel, G. Grellet-Tinner. 2020. A new species of large-sized pterosaur from the Maastrichtian of Transylvania (Romania). Cretaceous Research 110:104316 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
A. A. Solomon, V. A. Codrea, and M. Venczel, G. Grellet-Tinner. 2020. A new species of large-sized pterosaur from the Maastrichtian of Transylvania (Romania). Cretaceous Research 110:104316 DOI ↗