Caupedactylus
Caupedactylus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Family: | †Tapejaridae |
Genus: | †Caupedactylus Kellner, 2013 |
Type species | |
†Caupedactylus ybaka Kellner, 2013 |
Caupedactylus is an extinct genus of tapejarid azhdarchoid pterosaur known from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation of Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil. It is known from a complete skull, lower jaw and a partial postcranial skeleton. It was first named by Alexander W. A. Kellner in 2013 and the type species is Caupedactylus ybaka.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ Kellner, A. W. A. (2013). "A new unusual tapejarid (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation, Araripe Basin, Brazil". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 103 (3–4): 1. doi:10.1017/S1755691013000327.
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