Kryptodrakon

Kryptodrakon
Temporal range: Middle to Late Jurassic,
Life restoration
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: †Pterosauria
Suborder: †Pterodactyloidea
Genus: †Kryptodrakon
Andres, Clark & Xu, 2014
Type species
†Kryptodrakon progenitor
Andres, Clark & Xu, 2014

Kryptodrakon is an extinct genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Middle to Late Jurassic with an age of approximately 162.7 million years. It is known from a single type species, Kryptodrakon progenitor. The age of its fossil remains made Kryptodrakon the basalmost and oldest pterodactyloid known to date.

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