Genus
Valid Extinct

Maaradactylus

Bantim et al. 2014

Maaradactylus is a genus of anhanguerid pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Lower Cretaceous period of the Romualdo Formation of northeastern Brazil.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
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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
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Maaradactylus Genus
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
3
Geological formations
Romualdo
3
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
3
Species (2)
Maaradactylus kellneri 120 Ma
Maaradactylus spielbergi 120 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
R. A. M. Bantim, A. A. F. Saraiva, and G. R. Oliveira, J. M. Sayao. 2014. A new toothed pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Anhangueridae) from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation, NE Brazil. Zootaxa 3869(3):201-223 DOI ↗
Bibliography (3)
R. A. M. Bantim, A. A. F. Saraiva, and G. R. Oliveira, J. M. Sayao. 2014. A new toothed pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Anhangueridae) from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation, NE Brazil. Zootaxa 3869(3):201-223 DOI ↗
A. J. Veldmeijer. 2003. Coloborhynchus spielbergi sp. nov. (Pterodactyloidea) from the Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil. Scripta Geologica 125:35-139
A. J. Veldmeijer. 2002. Pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil in the Stuttgart collection. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 327:1-27