Subfamily
Valid Extinct

Thalassodrominae

Kellner and Campos 2007

Thalassodromidae is a group of azhdarchoid pterosaurs from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) of Brazil. All known definitive members come from the Romualdo Formation of Brazil, which include the type genus Thalassodromeus, as well as Tupuxuara and Kariridraco. Proposals of additional thalassodromid genera from the Late Cretaceous are controversial and have not been supported.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Ptérosaures
Frugivore Volant Marine
Thalassodrominae
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Azhdarchoidea Superfamily
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Neoazhdarchia Unranked clade
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Tapejaroidea Superfamily
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Tapejaridae Family
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Thalassodrominae Subfamily
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
3
Geological formations
Romualdo
2
Crato
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
3
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
A. W. A. Kellner and D. A. Campos. 2007. Short note on the ingroup relationships of the Tapejaridae (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea). Boletim do Museu Nacional, Nova Sérue. Geologia 75:1-14
Bibliography (3)
G. M. Cerqueira, M. A. C. Santos, and M. F. Marks, J. M. Sayão, F. L. Pinheiro. 2021. A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil and the paleobiogeography of the Tapejaridae. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66(3):555-570 DOI ↗
A. S. S. Aires, A. W. A. Kellner, and R. T. Muller, L. R. Da Silva, C. P. Pacheco, S. Dias-Da-Silva. 2013. New postcranial elements of the Thalassodrominae (Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae) from the Romualdo Formation (Aptian-Albian), Santana Group, Araripe Basin, Brazil. Palaeontology 57(2):343-355 DOI ↗
M. P. Witton. 2008. A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Aptian?) of Brazil. Palaeontology 51:1289-1300 DOI ↗