Genus
Valid Extinct

Arthurdactylus

Frey and Martill 1994

Arthurdactylus is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation of northeastern Brazil. It was a medium-sized pterosaur, with a wingspan of 4.5–4.6 metres (14.8–15.1 ft) and body mass of 15 kg (33 lb).

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Arthurdactylus
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A, B, Arthurdactylus conandoylei holotype (SMNK 1133 PAL). © FELIPE L. PINHEIRO, ALEXANDER W.A. KELLNER, JOÃO L. DA SILVA, RUDAH R.C. DUQUE, JULIANA M. SAYÃO, ESAÚ V. DE ARAÚJO, FABIANA R. COSTA, RICHARD BUCHMANN, GABRIELA M. CERQUEIRA, LUCAS CANEJO, VICTOR BECCARI, RENAN A.M. BANTIM, BORJA HOLGADO & RUBI V. P · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Ornithocheiridae Family
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Arthurdactylus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
1
Geological formations
Crato
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Arthurdactylus conandoylei 120 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
E. Frey and D. M. Martill. 1994. A new pterosaur from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Aptian) of Brazil. Neues Jahrbuch für Paläontologie und Geologie, Abhandlungen 194:379-412 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
E. Frey and D. M. Martill. 1994. A new pterosaur from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Aptian) of Brazil. Neues Jahrbuch für Paläontologie und Geologie, Abhandlungen 194:379-412 DOI ↗