Targaryendraco
Sign in to saveTargaryendraco is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period (Valanginian stage) of Hannover, northern Germany. Fossil remains of Targaryendraco dated back about 132 million years ago.
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- Targaryendraconidae
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Targaryendraco is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period (Valanginian stage) of Hannover, northern Germany. Fossil remains of Targaryendraco dated back about 132 million years ago.
==Discovery and naming== In July 1984, amateur paleontologist Kurt Wiedenroth discovered a fragmentary pterosaur skeleton in the clay pit of Engelbostel at the southern edge of the city of Hanover.
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