Gigantic Pterosaurian Remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia

Takanobu Tsuihiji; Brian Andres; Patrick M. O'Connor; Mahito Watabe; Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar; Buuvei Mainbayar

doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1361431

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Takanobu Tsuihiji,^1,* Brian Andres,² Patrick M. O'Connor,³ Mahito Watabe,⁴ Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar,⁵ Buuvei Mainbayar⁵

¹1Department of Earth and Planetary Science, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 1
²2Department of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania, 251 Hayden Hall, 240 Sou
³3Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies and Department of Biomedical Sciences, Heritage Co
⁴4School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University, 1-6-1 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 1
⁵5Institute of Paleontology and Geology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Sambuu Street, Chingeltei Dis

^*Corresponding author.

Abstract

Fragmentary cervical vertebral elements of a gigantic pterosaur are described from the upper Campanian—Maastrichtian Nemegt Formation in the Gobi Desert. With an estimated width of a posterior centrum across the postexapophyses of 198 mm, this taxon represents one of the largest pterosaurs currently known. This is the first discovery of a pterosaur from the Nemegt Formation, adding further evidence that gigantic pterosaurs were widely distributed in Eurasia and North America during the latest Cretaceous.

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Takanobu Tsuihiji, Brian Andres, Patrick M. O'Connor, Mahito Watabe, Khishigjav Tsogtbaatar, and Buuvei Mainbayar "Gigantic Pterosaurian Remains from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia," Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 37(5), (1 September 2017). https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2017.1361431

Received: 2 November 2016; Accepted: 1 June 2017; Published: 1 September 2017

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