Genus
Valid Extinct

Tendaguripterus

Unwin and Heinrich 1999

Tendaguripterus was a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian to Tithonian-age Upper Jurassic Middle Saurian Beds of Tendaguru, Lindi Region, Tanzania.

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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Tendaguripteridae Family
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Tendaguripterus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇹🇿 Tanzania
1
Geological formations
Tendaguru
1
Temporal distribution
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Tendaguripterus recki 152 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
D. M. Unwin and W. D. Heinrich. 1999. On a pterosaur jaw from the Upper Jurassic of Tendaguru (Tanzania). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe 2:121-134 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
D. M. Unwin and W. D. Heinrich. 1999. On a pterosaur jaw from the Upper Jurassic of Tendaguru (Tanzania). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, Geowissenschaftliche Reihe 2:121-134 DOI ↗