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
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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
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Geological formations
Crato
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Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Arthurdactylus conandoylei 120 Ma
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 ↗