Anhangueridae

Anhanguerids Temporal range: Early-Late Cretaceous, 120–94 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Anhanguera santanae skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Clade:	†Ornithocheirae
Family:	†Anhangueridae Campos & Kellner, 1985
Type species
†Anhanguera blittersdorffi Campos & Kellner, 1985
Genera
†Anhanguera †Liaoningopterus †Caulkicephalus? †Maaradactylus †Siroccopteryx?[1]

Anhangueridae^[2] is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. They were among the last pterosaurs to possess teeth. A recent study discussing the group considered the Anhangueridae to be typified by a premaxillary crest and a lateral expansion in the distal rostrum. The same study presented a cladistic analysis, for which an "agreement subtree" was calculated. The Anhangueridae was found to be sister taxon to the large crested Tropeognathus.^[3]

References

1. Rodrigues, Taissa & Alexander W. A. Kellner (2009). "Review of the pterosaur pterodactyloid Coloborhynchus". Zitteliana B 28: 219–228.
2. Campos D. A., Kellner Alexander W. A. (1985). "Panorama of the flying reptiles study in Brazil and South America". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 57: 453–466.
3. Rodrigues, Taissa; Kellner, Alexander W. A. (2013). "Taxonomic review of the Ornithocheirus complex (Pterosauria) from the Cretaceous of England". ZooKeys 308: 1–112. doi:10.3897/zookeys.308.5559.