Patagopteryx

“Patagonian wing”

CLASSIFICATION

Patagopteryx  Alvarenga & Bonaparte, 1992TYPE SPECIES: P. deferrariasi Alvarenga & Bonaparte, 1992 “Professor Oscar  de Ferrarias’ Patagonian wing”

Animalia Vertebrata Tetrapoda Sauropsida Archosauromorpha Ornithodira Dinosauria Sauropodomorpha

see also: Genus Index, Classification

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MEASUREMENTS

LENGTH: 75 cm

see also: World Records

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TIME

Late Cretaceous

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

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PLACE

Argentina

see also: Paleo-Maps

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REMAINS

• MACN N 03 [holotype]: specimen
• MACN N 11: well-preserved specimen
• other specimens

see also: Anatomy

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ESSAY

Patagopteryx‘ wings were quite short, indicating that it had lost the ability to fly. Although reconstructed as having a short tail with no pygostyle, it probably did have a pygostyle.

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