Pterodaustro

Pterodaustro
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 105 Ma
Cast of a fossil specimen at the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales in Caballito, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Family: Ctenochasmatidae
Subfamily: Ctenochasmatinae
Tribe: Pterodaustrini
Genus: Pterodaustro
Bonaparte, 1970
Species:
P. guinazui
Binomial name
Pterodaustro guinazui
Bonaparte, 1970
Synonyms

Pterodaustro is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from South America. Its fossil remains dated back to the Early Cretaceous period, about 105 million years ago.

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