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Santanadactylus
Genus of pteranodontoid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Santanadactylus (meaning "Santana Formation finger") was a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Albian-age Romualdo Member of the Upper Cretaceous Santana Formation, of Barra do Jardim, Araripe Plateau, Ceará State, Brazil. Four species have been named, but today are no considered congeneric with each other. It was a rather large pterosaur.
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Santanadactylus | |
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Fossil cast of S. pricei (above) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Clade: | †Pteranodontoidea |
Genus: | †Santanadactylus De Buisonjé, 1980[1] |
Type species | |
†Santanadactylus brasilensis Buisonjé, 1980 | |
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