The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has conserved the binomen Quetzalcoatlus northropi for a species of pterosaur that is the largest known flying organism, by ruling that both the generic name QuetzalcoatlusLawson, 1975 and specific name northropiLawson, 1975 are available and take authorship from Lawson, 1975.
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30 August 2019
Opinion 2440 (Case 3728) – Quetzalcoatlus northropi Lawson, 1975 (Reptilia, Pterosauria): generic and specific names ruled available with the indicated authorship
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Azhdarchidae
Late Cretaceous
nomenclature
northropi
Pterosauria
Quetzalcoatlus
Reptilia