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Kongonaphon
Temporal range: Mid to Late Triassic,
Ladinian–Carnian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Ornithodira
Clade: Pterosauromorpha
Family: Lagerpetidae
Genus: Kongonaphon
Kammereret al., 2020
Type species
Kongonaphon kely
Kammereret al., 2020

Kongonaphon is an extinct genus of lagerpetid avemetatarsalians from the mid to late Triassic of Madagascar. It is known from the "basal Isalo II beds" and is notable for its diminutive size, even compared to other small early avemetatarsalians.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kammerer, Christian F.; Nesbitt, Sterling J.; Flynn, John J.; Ranivoharimanana, Lovasoa; Wyss, André R. (2020-07-02). "A tiny ornithodiran archosaur from the Triassic of Madagascar and the role of miniaturization in dinosaur and pterosaur ancestry". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1073/pnas.1916631117. ISSN 0027-8424.