Journal
GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE
Volume 148, Issue 2, Pages 334-339Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756810000981
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Cretaceous; Austria; Pterosauria; Azhdarchidae
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- Hungarian Natural History Museum
- Hungarian Scientific Research Fund [OTKA T-38045, PD 73021]
- NKTH [TeT:FR-22/2008]
- Hantken Foundation
- French Partenariat Hubert Curien Balaton
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The fragmentary pterosaur material from the Campanian Grunbach Formation (Gosau Group) of Muthmannsdorf (Austria), previously identified as Ornithocheirus buenzeli Bunzel, 1871, is revised. A lower jaw fragment shows a helical type of articulation, which is known in several families of pterosaurs, and cannot be identified with great accuracy. The proximal part of a humerus shows distinctive features that allow it to be referred to as a member of the family Azhdarchidae, which is widespread in the Late Cretaceous Period of Europe. Ornithocheirus buenzeli is considered a nomen dubium. The pterosaur material from the Grunbach Formation cannot be used as evidence for the presence of ornithocheirids in the Late Cretaceous of Europe.
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