Ikrandraco

Ikrandraco; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
	Holotype, Paleozoological Museum of China
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Clade:	†Ornithocheiromorpha
Clade:	†Lanceodontia
Family:	†Lonchodraconidae
Genus:	†Ikrandraco; Wang et al., 2020
Type species
	†Ikrandraco avatar; Wang et al., 2020
Other species
	†I. machaerorhynchus ; (Seeley, 1870);
Synonyms
	Synonyms of I. machaerorhynchus Ornithocheirus machaerorhynchus ; Seeley, 1870 ; Lonchodectes machaerorhynchus ; (Seeley, 1870) ; Lonchodraco machaerorhynchus ; (Seeley, 1870) ; Ornithocheirus microdon ; Seeley, 1870 ; Lonchodectes microdon ; (Seeley, 1870) ; Lonchodraco microdon ; (Seeley, 1870) ; Pterodactylus oweni ; Seeley, 1864 ; Ornithocheirus oweni ; (Seeley, 1864) ;

Ikrandraco ("Ikran [a flying creature from Avatar with a crest on the lower jaw] dragon") is a genus of lonchodraconid pterodactyloid pterosaur known from Lower Cretaceous rocks in northeastern China and the Cambridge Greensand of the UK. It is notable for its unusual skull, which features a crest on the lower jaw.

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