Caupedactylus
| Caupedactylus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| 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]
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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