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Guidraco

Description

Guidraco (Chin. gui (鬼) "malicious ghost" + Lat. draco "dragon") is an extinct genus of toothed pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, northeast China.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8475835https://www.gbif.org/species/8475835
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)249680https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=249680
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Boreopteridae : Guidraco
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Guidraco
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
subclassEureptilia
-RomeriidaGauthier et al. 1988
-Diapsida
-Eosuchia
-NeodiapsidaBenton 1985
-SauriaGauthier 1984
-Archosauromorpha
-CrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
-EucrocopodaEzcurra 2016
-Archosauria
informalAvemetatarsaliaBenton 1999
-OrnithodiraGauthier 1986
-PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
-Pterosauria
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
-LophocratiaUnwin 2003
superfamilyOrnithocheiroideaSeeley 1870
genusGuidracoWang Kellner Jiang & Cheng 2012
Scientific NameGuidraco Wang, Kellner, Jiang & Cheng, 2012
Name Published InArticle title: New toothed flying reptile from Asia: close similarities between early Cretaceous pterosaur faunas from China and Brazil.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Guidracogenusbelongs to Pteranodontoideastated with evidenceWang et al., 2012
Guidracogenusbelongs to Ornithocheiroideastated with evidenceAndres et al., 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentmarine (based on Pterosauria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietpiscivore (based on Pterosauria)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)X. Wang, A. W. A. Kellner, and S. Jiang, X. Cheng. 2012. New toothed reptile from Asia: close similarities between early Cretaceous pterosaur faunas from China and Brazil. Naturwissenschaften 99:249-257
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guidraco

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Guidraco venator
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
125 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2012Guidraco Wang et al.
2014Guidraco Andres et al.
2014Guidraco Headden and Campos

References

Wang X., Kellner A. W. A., et al (2012) New toothed reptile from Asia: close similarities between early Cretaceous pterosaur faunas from China and Brazil, Naturwissenschaften 99, 249-257
Andres B., Clark J., et al (2014) The earliest pterodactyloid and the origin of the group, Current Biology 24, 1-6
Headden J. A., Campos H. B. N. (2014) An unusual edentulous pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation of Brazil, Historical Biology doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2014.904302
inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
inferred from original work (title)/web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
www.organismnames.com (Mar 2015) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Article title: New toothed flying reptile from Asia: close similarities between early Cretaceous pterosaur faunas from China and Brazil. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Naturwissenschaften 99: -. [249-257] - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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