GnathostomataAzhdarchidae

Arambourgiania philadelphiae

Arambourgiania philadelphiae — known skeletal material, left lateral view; preserved elements in white against a black body silhouette.
Known material · Scale bar = 1 meter
Taxon
Arambourgiania philadelphiae Arambourg, 1959
Estimated length
~6.7 m (22 feet)
Wingspan
~10 m
View
Left lateral
Basis
Known material only — too incompletely known to restore
Drawing
© Scott Hartman
Drawn
2019
Clade
  1. Gnathostomata
  2. Tetrapoda
  3. Amniota
  4. Sauropsida
  5. Archosauromorpha
  6. Archosauria
  7. Avemetatarsalia
  8. Pterosauria
  9. Pterodactyloidea
  10. Azhdarchoidea
  11. Azhdarchidae

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A Late Cretaceous azhdarchid from the phosphate beds of Jordan. Arambourgiania is known chiefly from an enormously elongated neck vertebra some 78 centimeters long, yet even that is enough to tell us it was among the largest animals ever to fly, with a wingspan of up to ten meters (30+ feet).

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