The largest flying reptile from Gondwana: a new specimen of Tropeognathus cf. T. mesembrinusWellnhofer, 1987 (Pterodactyloidea, Anhangueridae) and other large pterosaurs from the Romualdo Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Brazil

The largest flying reptile from Gondwana: a new specimen of Tropeognathus cf. T. mesembrinusWellnhofer, 1987 (Pterodactyloidea, Anhangueridae) and other large pterosaurs from the Romualdo Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Brazil

A very large pterosaur (MN 6594-V) from the Romualdo Formation (Aptian/Albian), Santana Group, Araripe Basin, is described. The specimen is referred to Tropeognathus cf. T. mesembrinus mainly due to the presence of a low and blunt frontoparietal crest, the comparatively low number of teeth and the i...

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Main Authors: ALEXANDER W. A. KELLNER, DIOGENES A. CAMPOS, JULIANA M. SAYÃO, ANTÔNIO A.F. SARAIVA, TAISSA RODRIGUES, GUSTAVO OLIVEIRA, LILIAN A. CRUZ, FABIANA R. COSTA, HELDER P. SILVA, JENNYFER S. FERREIRA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2013-03-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Subjects:
Pterosauria
Anhangueridae
Tropeognathus
Cretáceo
Gondwana
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