Santanadactylus

Santanadactylus
Temporal range: Albian, 112 Ma
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Fossil cast of "Santanadactylus pricei"
Fossil cast of S. pricei (above)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Pterosauria
Suborder: †Pterodactyloidea
Clade: †Pteranodontoidea
Genus: †Santanadactylus
De Buisonjé, 1980[1]
Type species
†Santanadactylus brasilensis
Buisonjé, 1980
Other species
  • †S. pricei? Wellnhofer, 1985
  • †S. spixi? Wellnhofer, 1985

Santanadactylus (meaning "Santana Formation finger") was a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Albian-age Romualdo Member of the Upper Cretaceous Santana Formation, of Barra do Jardim, Araripe Plateau, Ceará State, Brazil. Four species have been named, but today are no considered congeneric with each other. It was a rather large pterosaur.

  1. ^ P. H. Buisonjé. 1980. Santanadactylus brasilensis nov. gen., nov. sp., a long-necked, large pterosaurier from the Aptian of Brasil. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, B 83:145-172