A new ornithocheiran pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Saratov, Russia
Abstract Saratovia glickmani, gen. et sp. nov., is described based on a dentary symphysis fragment from the Upper Cretaceous (upper Cenomanian) Melovatka Formation at Saratov, Russia. This specimen was found by L.S. Glickman in late 1940s and was referred previously to Ornithocheirus, Anhanguera, or...
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| description | Abstract Saratovia glickmani, gen. et sp. nov., is described based on a dentary symphysis fragment from the Upper Cretaceous (upper Cenomanian) Melovatka Formation at Saratov, Russia. This specimen was found by L.S. Glickman in late 1940s and was referred previously to Ornithocheirus, Anhanguera, or Coloborhynchus. S. glickmani is attributed to Targaryendraconia because of strongly scalloped and subparallel lateral margins of dentary symphysis, which is transversely narrow, with the interalveolar width subequal to the alveolar width. It differs from all known targaryendraconians by having a dentary crest. The new taxon differs from all toothed pterodactyloids by lack of median groove on dentary symphysis. Instead, it has a raised flat platform pierced by numerous relatively large nutrient foramina, which are connected by short canals with a median canal within this platform. S. glickmani is one of the latest toothed pterosaurs known in the fossil record. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-eb248158a06949faa2114a7bbbe137782025-08-20T03:11:21ZengAcademia Brasileira de CiênciasAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências1678-26902025-04-0197suppl 110.1590/0001-3765202520241063A new ornithocheiran pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Saratov, RussiaALEXANDER O. AVERIANOVhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5948-0799Abstract Saratovia glickmani, gen. et sp. nov., is described based on a dentary symphysis fragment from the Upper Cretaceous (upper Cenomanian) Melovatka Formation at Saratov, Russia. This specimen was found by L.S. Glickman in late 1940s and was referred previously to Ornithocheirus, Anhanguera, or Coloborhynchus. S. glickmani is attributed to Targaryendraconia because of strongly scalloped and subparallel lateral margins of dentary symphysis, which is transversely narrow, with the interalveolar width subequal to the alveolar width. It differs from all known targaryendraconians by having a dentary crest. The new taxon differs from all toothed pterodactyloids by lack of median groove on dentary symphysis. Instead, it has a raised flat platform pierced by numerous relatively large nutrient foramina, which are connected by short canals with a median canal within this platform. S. glickmani is one of the latest toothed pterosaurs known in the fossil record.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652025001001208&lng=en&tlng=enPterosauriaOrnithocheiraeUpper CretaceousRussia |
| spellingShingle | ALEXANDER O. AVERIANOV A new ornithocheiran pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Saratov, Russia Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências Pterosauria Ornithocheirae Upper Cretaceous Russia |
| title | A new ornithocheiran pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Saratov, Russia |
| title_full | A new ornithocheiran pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Saratov, Russia |
| title_fullStr | A new ornithocheiran pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Saratov, Russia |
| title_full_unstemmed | A new ornithocheiran pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Saratov, Russia |
| title_short | A new ornithocheiran pterosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Saratov, Russia |
| title_sort | new ornithocheiran pterosaur from the upper cretaceous cenomanian of saratov russia |
| topic | Pterosauria Ornithocheirae Upper Cretaceous Russia |
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