Classification
Pterosauria
Order
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Pterodactyloidea
Suborder
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Pteranodontia
Unranked clade
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Ornithocheiroidea
Superfamily
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Anhangueridae
Family
Fossil sites 37 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian
(100.5–93.9 Ma)
12
Albian
(113.2–100.5 Ma)
12
Aptian
(121.4–113.2 Ma)
7
Barremian
(125.77–121.4 Ma)
4
Hauterivian
(132.6–125.77 Ma)
1
Valanginian
(137.05–132.6 Ma)
1
Images 6
Bibliography
Original description
D. d. A. Campos and A. W. A. Kellner. 1985. Panorama of the flying reptiles study in Brazil and South America. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 57(4):453-466
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