page_title: Eurazhdarcho
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Eurazhdarcho / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Eurazhdarcho langendorfensis, a small azhdarchid of the late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) from Romania
context_page_description: Eurazhdarcho is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous period of what is now the Transylvanian Basin of Romania.
context_section_description: Eurazhdarcho is a medium-sized azhdarchid. The authors estimated its wingspan at three metres, extrapolating from an estimated length for the fourth metacarpal of about twenty-five centimetres.
  The authors established some distinctive traits, all present in the cervical vertebrae. The third neck vertebra has three-quarters of the length of the fourth vertebra, whereas 60% would be normal with azhdarchids. The necks of the prezygapophyses, the front joint processes, are well-developed and elongated, obliquely pointing forwards and outwards under an angle of 30° with the long axis of the vertebra. The preexapophysis, a secondary joint process on the side of the prezygapophysis, is well-developed with a forward pointing articulation facet and separated from a process, itself the remains of the diapophysis and possibly a neck rib, on the outer base of the prezygapophysis, by a deep trough on its underside. The pneumatic openings, the entrance holes for the air sacks, at the sides of the neural arch are small and placed in a low position.
caption: Life restoration
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