Genre
Valide Éteint

Melkamter

Fernandes et al. 2024

Melkamter is an extinct genus of monofenestratan pterosaurs from the Early Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Argentina. The genus contains a single species, M. pateko, known from a partial skull and fragmentary postcranium. Melkamter represents the oldest known monofenestratan pterosaur in the fossil record.

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Plage temporelle
Trias
Jurassique
Crétacé
Paléogène
Néogène
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
Occurrences PBDB
1
Groupe
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marin
Melkamter
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Photographs of Melkamter pateko (MPEF-PV 11530), visible in medial views on the main block (1) with inset of the tooth (1B) and counterslab (2);. Rendered CT scan detail images (dashed areas represent visible bone that was too thin to be captured by CT scan) of the cranial fragment (1A), manual metacarpal (1C) and dorsal vertebrae (1D–F). Abbreviations: a = alveoli; if = infratemporal fenestra; j = jugal; l = lacrimal; m = maxilla; o = orbit; naof = Nnasoantorbital fenestra; np = nasal process; pm = premaxilla; po = postorbital; q = quadrate; qj = quadratojugal; s = squamosal; t = tooth; vas = vestigial ascending process. © A. E. Fernandes, D. Pol & O. W. M. Rauhut · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia

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Classification
Pterosauria Ordre
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Macronychoptera Clade non classé
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Novialoidea Clade non classé
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Lonchognatha Clade non classé
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Monofenestrata Clade non classé
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Melkamter Genre
Sites de découverte 1 sites géolocalisés
Répartition
Principaux pays
🇦🇷 Argentine
1
Formations géologiques
Cañadón Asfalto
1
Distribution temporelle
Toarcien (184.2–174.7 Ma)
1
Espèces (1)
Melkamter pateko 183 Ma
Images 1
Bibliographie
Description originale
A. E. Fernandes, D. Pol, and O. W. M. Rauhut. 2024. The oldest monofenestratan pterosaur from the Queso Rallado locality (Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Toarcian) of Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina. Royal Society Open Science 11(12):1-20 DOI ↗
Bibliographie (1)
A. E. Fernandes, D. Pol, and O. W. M. Rauhut. 2024. The oldest monofenestratan pterosaur from the Queso Rallado locality (Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Toarcian) of Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina. Royal Society Open Science 11(12):1-20 DOI ↗