Sharovipterygidae
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Sharovipterygidae is a family of strange gliding archosauromorphs from the mid-Triassic of Eurasia, notable for their short forelimbs and long, wing-like hindlimbs, which supported membranes for gliding. They are represented by Sharovipteryx and Ozimek volans.
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- Parent taxon
- Archosauromorpha
- Image
- Sharovipteryx mirabilis fossil.JPG
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- family
- start time
- 230000000-
- end time
- 225000000-
- Commons category
- Archosauromorpha
- taxon name
- Sharovipterygidae
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Sharovipterygidae is a family of strange gliding archosauromorphs from the mid-Triassic of Eurasia, notable for their short forelimbs and long, wing-like hindlimbs, which supported membranes for gliding. They are represented by Sharovipteryx and Ozimek volans.
A 2019 phylogenetic analysis suggested that Ozimek, and by extension Sharovipteryx, may belong to the Tanystropheidae.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sharovipterygidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.