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Azhdarcho — Wikipedia (en)

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  url = {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azhdarcho},
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Azhdarcho is a genus of azhdarchid pterosaur from the late Cretaceous Period of the Bissekty Formation (middle Turonian stage, about 92 million years ago) of Uzbekistan, as well as the Zhirkindek Formation of Kazakhstan and possibly also the Ialovachsk Formation of Tajikistan. It is known from fragmentary remains including the distinctive, elongated neck vertebrae that characterizes members of the family Azhdarchidae, a family that includes many giant pterosaurs such as Quetzalcoatlus. The name Azhdarcho comes from the Persian word azhdar (اژدر), a dragon-like creature in Persian mythology. The type species is Azhdarcho lancicollis. The specific epithet lancicollis is derived from the Latin words lancea (meaning "lance" or "spear") and collum ("neck"). Most individuals were relatively small with an estimated wingspan of 3–4 m (9 ft 10 in – 13 ft 1 in), but some remains indicate a larger wingspan of 5–6 m (16 ft 5 in – 19 ft 8 in).

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Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Azhdarcho» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azhdarcho
Wikidata Q20672230: «extinct genus of extremely large pterosaurs» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20672230
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azhdarcho?action=history).
Licenza: Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Il riuso richiede attribuzione e stessa licenza.
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