Kongonaphon
Appearance
Kongonaphon Temporal range: Mid to Late Triassic,
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Scientific 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
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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
- ^ 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.