Species
Valid Extinct

Tropeognathus mesembrinus

(Wellnhofer 1987)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
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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Tropeognathinae Subfamily
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Tropeognathus Genus
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Tropeognathus mesembrinus Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
2
Geological formations
Romualdo
2
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
P. Wellnhofer. 1987. New crested pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie 27:175-186
Bibliography (2)
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
P. Wellnhofer. 1987. New crested pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie 27:175-186