Genus
Valid Extinct

Bakonydraco

Osi et al. 2005

Bakonydraco is a genus of azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of what is now the Csehbánya Formation of the Bakony Mountains, Iharkút, Veszprém, western Hungary.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Bakonydraco
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Bakonydraco galaczi gen. et sp. nov.MTMGyn/3, Iharkút, Bakony Mts., Hungary, Csehbánya Formation, Santonian (Upper Cretaceous). Mandible in dorsal (A, B), ventral (C, D), and lateral (E, F) views. © Attila Ősi, David B. Weishampel, and Coralia M. Jianu · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Azhdarchoidea Superfamily
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Azhdarchidae Family
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Bakonydraco Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇭🇺 Hungary
1
Geological formations
Csehbánya
1
Temporal distribution
Santonian (85.7–83.6 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Bakonydraco galaczi 86 Ma
Images 4
Bibliography
Original description
A. Osi, D. B. Weishampel, and C. M. Jianu. 2005. First evidence of azhdarchid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Hungary. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(4):777-787
Bibliography (1)
A. Osi, D. B. Weishampel, and C. M. Jianu. 2005. First evidence of azhdarchid pterosaurs from the Late Cretaceous of Hungary. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(4):777-787