Local workers in Ceará at some unknown location collected a concretion containing the back of the skull of a pterosaur. To enhance its value, they glued the snout of another specimen to the front of the skull. Ultimately, they donated the find to the Museu de Paleontologia Plácido Cidade Nuvens. Before his death in 2016, Nuvens let other experts study the concretion. The falsification was then discovered. They concluded that the fossil represented a species new to science. There were no indications that the snout belonged to the same species.[1]
The new genus and species Kariridraco dianae was named and described in 2021, by Gabriela M. Cerqueira, Mateus A.C. Santos, Maikon F. Marks, Juliana Manso Sayão and Felipe Lima Pinheiro, based on the holotype MPSC R 1056, a fairly complete skull, including the lower jaws, and the first four neck vertebrae. The generic name refers to the Kariri people of the Araripe Plateau, while the specific name refers to Diana Prince, alter ego of the DC Comics superheroine Wonder Woman.[1]
Descriptionedit
Life reconstruction by Júlia d’Oliveira
The lower jaws have a preserved length of 205 millimetres.[1]
Two distinguishing traits were established. They are autapomorphies, unique derived characters. The premaxillary snout crest makes an angle of about 45° with the maxilla. The lacrimal bone has a deep excavation pointing to the front.[1]
Phylogenyedit
Cerqueira et al. performed a phylogenetic analysis and placed Kariridraco in the Thalassodrominae, which, like many recent studies, is recovered as a subfamily of the family Tapejaridae. Their cladogram is shown below:[1]
^ abcdefCerqueira GM, Santos MA, Marks MF, Sayão JM, Pinheiro FL (2021). "A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil and the paleobiogeography of the Tapejaridae". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 66. doi:10.4202/app.00848.2020..
kariridraco, genus, tapejarid, pterosaur, from, early, cretaceous, aged, romualdo, formation, brazil, genus, contains, single, species, dianae, temporal, range, albian, preꞒ, nholotype, specimen, scientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphyl. Kariridraco is a genus of tapejarid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous aged Romualdo Formation Brazil The genus contains a single species Kariridraco dianae 1 KariridracoTemporal range Albian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg NHolotype specimen of KariridracoScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataOrder PterosauriaSuborder PterodactyloideaFamily TapejaridaeSubfamily ThalassodrominaeGenus KariridracoCerqueira et al 2021Type species Kariridraco dianaeCerqueira et al 2021 Contents 1 Discovery and naming 2 Description 3 Phylogeny 4 ReferencesDiscovery and naming editLocal workers in Ceara at some unknown location collected a concretion containing the back of the skull of a pterosaur To enhance its value they glued the snout of another specimen to the front of the skull Ultimately they donated the find to the Museu de Paleontologia Placido Cidade Nuvens Before his death in 2016 Nuvens let other experts study the concretion The falsification was then discovered They concluded that the fossil represented a species new to science There were no indications that the snout belonged to the same species 1 The new genus and species Kariridraco dianae was named and described in 2021 by Gabriela M Cerqueira Mateus A C Santos Maikon F Marks Juliana Manso Sayao and Felipe Lima Pinheiro based on the holotype MPSC R 1056 a fairly complete skull including the lower jaws and the first four neck vertebrae The generic name refers to the Kariri people of the Araripe Plateau while the specific name refers to Diana Prince alter ego of the DC Comics superheroine Wonder Woman 1 Description edit nbsp Life reconstruction by Julia d OliveiraThe lower jaws have a preserved length of 205 millimetres 1 Two distinguishing traits were established They are autapomorphies unique derived characters The premaxillary snout crest makes an angle of about 45 with the maxilla The lacrimal bone has a deep excavation pointing to the front 1 Phylogeny editCerqueira et al performed a phylogenetic analysis and placed Kariridraco in the Thalassodrominae which like many recent studies is recovered as a subfamily of the family Tapejaridae Their cladogram is shown below 1 Azhdarchoidea DsungaripteridaeAzhdarchidaeChaoyangopteridaeTapejaridae TapejarinaeThalassodrominae ThalassodromeusKariridracoTupuxuara leonardiiTupuxuara longicristatusReferences edit a b c d e f Cerqueira GM Santos MA Marks MF Sayao JM Pinheiro FL 2021 A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil and the paleobiogeography of the Tapejaridae Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66 doi 10 4202 app 00848 2020 Portals nbsp Paleontology nbsp Cretaceous nbsp Brazil Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kariridraco amp oldid 1048115618, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
