Sordes

Sordes was a small pterosaur from the late Jurassic (Oxfordian/Kimmeridgian) Karabastau Svita of Kazakhstan.
The genus was named in 1971 by Aleksandr Grigorevich Sharov. The type species is Sordes pilosus. The genus name means "filth" or "scum" in Latin, a reference to evil spirits in local folklore. The specific name is Latin for "hairy"; despite sordes being feminine, it has not yet been emended to pilosa.
Category:Animals
Category:Creatures
Category:Late Jurassic pterosaurs of Asia
Category:Rhamphorhynchoids
Category:Taxa named by Aleksandr Grigorevich Sharov
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1971