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Quetzalcoatlus northropi Lawson, 1975

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  • Title: Quetzalcoatlus northropi Lawson, 1975
  • Type status: Cast of Figured Specimen
  • State province: Texas
  • Specific epithet: northropi
  • Scientific name authorship: Lawson, 1975
  • Recorded by: Douglas A Lawson; University of Texas at Austin; Lawson
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Order: Pterosauria
  • Member: Javelina Member
  • Locality: Big Bend National Park
  • Latest period or highest system: Cretaceous
  • Latest era or highest erathem: Mesozoic
  • Latest epoch or Highest series: Late Cretaceous
  • Latest eon or highest eonothem: Phanerozoic
  • Latest age or Highest age: Maastrichtian
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Identified by: Douglas A Lawson; University of Texas at Austin; Lawson
  • Higher geography: North America; USA; Texas; Brewster County; Big Bend National Park
  • Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Reptilia; Pterosauria; Azhdarchidae
  • Genus: Quetzalcoatlus
  • Formation: Tornillo Formation
  • Family: Azhdarchidae
  • Earliest period or lowest system: Cretaceous
  • Earliest era or lowest erathem: Mesozoic
  • Earliest epoch or lowest series: Late Cretaceous
  • Earliest eon or Lowest eonothem: Phanerozoic
  • Earliest age or Lowestst age: Maastrichtian
  • Country: USA
  • Continent: North America
  • Class: Reptilia
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