- Kepodactylus
Taxobox
name = "Kepodactylus"
fossil_range =Late Jurassic
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Pterosauria
subordo =Pterodactyloidea
genus = "Kepodactylus"
genus_authority = Harris and Carpenter, 1996
binomial = "Kepodactylus insperatus"
binomial_authority = Harris and Carpenter, 1996"Kepodactylus" (meaning "garden finger", for Garden Park,
Colorado , where it was found) is an extinctgenus ofpterodactyloid pterosaur from theKimmeridgian -Tithonian -ageUpper Jurassic Morrison Formation ofColorado ,USA . It is based on DMNS 21684, which includes a cervicalvertebra ,humerus , several finger bones, and ametatarsal belonging to apterodactyloid . It was similar to "Mesadactylus " but larger (wingspan around 2.5 m [8.2 ft] ), and with additional holes in the vertebrae and humerus.Harris, J.D., and Carpenter, K. (1996). [https://scientists.dmns.org/sites/kencarpenter/PDFs%20of%20publications/Kepodactylus.pdf A large pterodactyloid from the Morrison Formation (Late Jurassic) of Garden Park, Colorado.] "Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte" 1996(8):473-484.] It was regarded as a potentially valid genus in the most recent review of Morrison pterosaurs.King, L.R., Foster, J.R., and Scheetz, R.D. (2006). New pterosaur specimens from the Morrison Formation and a summary of the Late Jurassic pterosaur record of the Rocky Mountain region. In: Foster, J.R., and Lucas, S.G. (eds.). "Paleontology and Geology of the Upper Morrison Formation". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 36:149-161. ISSN 1524-4156. ]References
External links
* [http://www.pterosaur.co.uk/species/UJP/unclass/Kepodactylus.htm "Kepodactylus"] in The Pterosaur Database
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