By Chris Masnaghetti; retrieved from http://www.pteros.com/, a website dedicated to education about Pterosaurs.
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Name: Aerotitan sudamericanus
Described By: Novas et al.
Classification: Avemetatarsalia, Ornithodira, Pterosauromorpha, Pterosauria, Macronychoptera, Novialoidea, Breviquartossa, Pterodactylomorpha, Monofenestrata, Pterodactyliformes, Caelidracones, Pterodactyloidea, Eupterodactyloidea, Ornithocheiroidea, Azhdarchoidea, Neoazhdarchia, Neopterodactyloidea, Azhdarchidae
Aerotitan is a medium-sized Azhdarchid, estimated at having a wingspan of 5 meters or more. It’s only known from the front bit of the beak, but this is enough for scientists to identify it, and to tell that the skull was particularly long and narrow. The fossil was found in the Allen Formation (80-70 million years ago) of Patagonia, Argentina.
Novas, F.E., Kundrat, M., Agnolin, F.L., Ezcurra, M.N.D., Ahlberg, P.E., Isasi, M.P., Arriagada, A., Chafrat, P. 2012. A new large pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Patagonia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontoloy 32(6): 1447.
