Unwindia

Unwindia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Clade:	†Ctenochasmatoidea
Genus:	†Unwindia Martill, 2011
Species:	† U. trigonus
Binomial name
Unwindia trigonus Martill, 2011

Unwindia is a genus of basal ctenochasmatoid, though more recent analysis might place it in Lonchodectidae.^[1] It is noted to be "aberrant" pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It is known only from a partial skull recovered from the Santana Formation of the Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil, which was dated to the Cenomanian stage.^[2] This species was named Unwindia trigonus by David M. Martill in 2011.^[2] The skull length was estimated at 300mm, which would indicate a wingspan of over 3 meters. This would make Unwindia the largest member of the Lonchodectidae, as well as the first species to be identified from the southern hemisphere.

References

1. Witton, Mark P. (2013). Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy
2. David M. Martill (2011). "A new pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Santana Formation (Cretaceous) of Brazil". Cretaceous Research 32 (2): 236–243. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2010.12.008.