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Pterodaustro
Genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pterodaustro is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from South America. Its fossil remains dated back to the Early Cretaceous period, about 105 million years ago.
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Cast of a fossil specimen at the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales in Caballito, Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Family: | †Ctenochasmatidae |
Subfamily: | †Ctenochasmatinae |
Tribe: | †Pterodaustrini |
Genus: | †Pterodaustro Bonaparte, 1970 |
Species: | †P. guinazui |
Binomial name | |
†Pterodaustro guinazui Bonaparte, 1970 | |
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