Europejara olcadesorum

Europejara olcadesorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Azhdarchoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Superordo: † Pterosauromorpha Ordo: †Pterosauria Subordo: †Pterodactyloidea Superfamilia: †Azhdarchoidea

Familia: †Tapejaridae
Genus: †Europejara
Species: Europejara olcadesorum

Name

• Europejara olcadesorum Vullo, Marugán-Lobón, Kellner, Buscalioni, Gomez, de la Fuente & Moratalla, 2012

Holotype: MCCM-LH 9413, jaws and post-orbital elements of the skull preserved on part and counterpart slabs.

Type locality: Las Hoyas (Cuenca, Spain), upper Barremian laminated limestone of the La Huérguina Formation (Lower Cretaceous).

Etymology: Species named after the Olcades, Celtiberians who were the first inhabitants of the Cuenca region.

References

• Vullo, Romain, Jesús Marugán-Lobón, Alexander W. A. Kellner, Angela D. Buscalioni, Bernard Gomez, Montserrat de la Fuente & José J. Moratalla, 2012: A new crested pterosaur from the early Cretaceous of Spain: The first European Tapejarid (Pterodactyloidea: Azhdachoidea). PLoS One, 7(7): e38900. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038900.