Gobiazhdarcho
| Gobiazhdarcho Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Third cervical vertebra of the holotype | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Clade: | †Azhdarchoidea |
| Family: | †Azhdarchidae |
| Clade: | †Quetzalcoatlini |
| Genus: | †Gobiazhdarcho Pêgas, Zhou & Kobayashi, 2025 |
| Species: | †G. tsogtbaatari
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| Binomial name | |
| †Gobiazhdarcho tsogtbaatari Pêgas, Zhou & Kobayashi, 2025
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Gobiazhdarcho (lit. 'Gobi Desert azhdar') is an extinct genus of azhdarchid pterosaurs known from the Late Cretaceous Bayanshiree Formation of Mongolia. The genus contains a single species, Gobiazhdarcho tsogtbaatari, known from a three cervical (neck) vertebrae. It was closely related to Quetzalcoatlus and coexisted with Tsogtopteryx, another azhdarchid more closely related to Hatzegopteryx.