Caiuajara

Caiuajara
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
~Aptian–Albian [1][2][3]
Holotype skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Pterosauria
Suborder: †Pterodactyloidea
Family: †Tapejaridae
Tribe: †Tapejarini
Subtribe: †Caiuajarina
Genus: †Caiuajara
Manzig et al., 2014
Type species
†Caiuajara dobruskii
Manzig et al. 2014

Caiuajara is an extinct genus of tapejarid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period (Aptian to Albian stages) of Brazil. It is known from a single type species, Caiuajara dobruskii.[4]

  1. ^ Canejo L, Holgado B, Weinschütz LC, Ricetti JH, Wilner E, Kellner AW (2022). "Novel information on the cranial anatomy of the tapejarine pterosaur Caiuajara dobruskii". PLOS ONE. 17 (12). e0277780. Bibcode:2022PLoSO..1777780C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0277780. PMC 9754175. PMID 36520711.
  2. ^ Pêgas, R. V.; Zhoi, X.; Jin, X.; Wang, K.; Ma, W. (2023). "A taxonomic revision of the Sinopterus complex (Pterosauria, Tapejaridae) from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota, with the new genus Huaxiadraco". PeerJ. 11. e14829. doi:10.7717/peerj.14829. PMC 9922500. PMID 36788812.
  3. ^ de Souza GA, Soares MB, Weinschütz LC, Wilner E, Lopes RT, de Araújo OM, Kellner AW (2021). "The first edentulous ceratosaur from South America". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): Article number 22281. Bibcode:2021NatSR..1122281D. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-01312-4. PMC 8602317. PMID 34795306.
  4. ^ Manzig, P.C.; Kellner, A.W.A.; Weinschütz, L.C.; Fragoso, C.E.; Vega, C.S.; Guimarães, G.B.; Godoy, L.C.; Liccardo, A.; Ricetti, J.H.C.; Moura, C.C. (2014). "Discovery of a Rare Pterosaur Bone Bed in a Cretaceous Desert with Insights on Ontogeny and Behavior of Flying Reptiles". PLOS ONE. 9 (8): e100005. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j0005M. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0100005. PMC 4131874. PMID 25118592.