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GUIDRACO
(gwe-dra-ko)
meaning: "Ghost dragon"
Guidraco
Named By: Wang Xiaolin, Alexander W.A. Kellner, Jiang Shunxing & Cheng Xinb in 2012
Time Period: Early Cretaceous, 120 Ma
Location: China, Liaoning Province - Jiufotang Formation
Size: Wingspan uncertain due to lack of remains. Skull is 38 centimetres long
Diet: Piscivore
Fossil(s): Almost complete skull with partial post cranial remains
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Pterosauria | Pterodactyloidea | Pteranodontoidea | Ornithocheiridae |
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Guidraco (Chin. gui (Gui ) "malicious ghost" + Lat. draco "dragon") is an extinct genus of toothed pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, northeast China.

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