Genus of anhanguerid pterosaur from the Cretaceous period
Anhanguera
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A. blittersdorffi holotype skull (MN 4805-V)
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Chordata
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Order:
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†Pterosauria
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Suborder:
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†Pterodactyloidea
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Family:
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†Anhangueridae
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Subfamily:
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†Anhanguerinae
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Genus:
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†Anhanguera Campos & Kellner 1985
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Type species
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†Anhanguera blittersdorffi
Campos & Kellner, 1985
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Other species
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- †A. araripensis?
(Wellnhofer, 1985)
- †A. piscator
Kellner & Tomida, 2000
- †A. robustus?
(Wellnhofer, 1987)
- †A. santanae?
Wellnhofer, 1985
- †A. spielbergi?
(Veldmeijer, 2003)
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Synonyms
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Synonyms of A. araripensis
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- Coloborhynchus piscator
(Kellner & Tomida, 2000)
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- Coloborhynchus robustus
(Wellnhofer, 1987)
- Tropeognathus robustus
Wellnhofer, 1987
- Anhanguera piscator?
Kellner & Tomida, 2000
Synonyms of A. spielbergi
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- Coloborhynchus spielbergi
Veldmeijer, 2003
- Maaradactylus spielbergi
(Veldmeijer, 2003)
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Anhanguera (Portuguese: [ɐɲɐ̃ˈɡwɛɾɐ] ⓘ) is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Early Cretaceous (Albian age, 125 to 112 million years ago) Romualdo Formation of Brazil (precisely in Araripe Basin) and the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian age, 98 to 93 million years ago) Kem Kem Group of Morocco.[1] This pterosaur is closely related to Ornithocheirus, but belongs in the family Anhangueridae.[2] The generic name comes from the Tupi words añanga, meaning "spirit protector of the animals" + wera "bygone".
- ^ Megan L. Jacobs; David M. Martill; David M. Unwin; Nizar Ibrahim; Samir Zouhri; Nicholas R. Longrich (2020). "New toothed pterosaurs (Pterosauria: Ornithocheiridae) from the middle Cretaceous Kem Kem beds of Morocco and implications for pterosaur palaeobiogeography and diversity". Cretaceous Research. 110: Article 104413. Bibcode:2020CrRes.11004413J. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104413. S2CID 214542129.
- ^ Campos, D. de A., and Kellner, A. W. (1985). "Um novo exemplar de Anhanguera blittersdorffi (Reptilia, Pterosauria) da formação Santana, Cretaceo Inferior do Nordeste do Brasil." In Congresso Brasileiro de Paleontologia, Rio de Janeiro, Resumos, p. 13.