Genus
Valid Extinct

Cearadactylus

Leonardi and Borgomanero 1985

Cearadactylus is an extinct genus of large anhanguerid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation of Brazil. The only known species is C. atrox, described and named in 1985 by Giuseppe Leonardi and Guido Borgomanero. The name refers to the Brazilian state Ceará, and combines this with Greek daktylos, "finger", a reference to the wing finger of pterosaurs. The Latin atrox means "frightful", a reference to the fearsome dentition of the species.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Cearadactylus
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Cearadactylus atrox holotype (MN 7019-V), A, B, skull in left lateral view; C, skull and lower jaw in right lateral view © FELIPE L. PINHEIRO, ALEXANDER W.A. KELLNER, JOÃO L. DA SILVA, RUDAH R.C. DUQUE, JULIANA M. SAYÃO, ESAÚ V. DE ARAÚJO, FABIANA R. COSTA, RICHARD BUCHMANN, GABRIELA M. CERQUEIRA, LUCAS CANEJO, VICTOR BECCARI, RENAN A.M. BANTIM, BORJA HOLGADO & RUBI V. P · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
Cearadactylus
Cearadactylus
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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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Cearadactylus Genus
Measurements
Mass
15 kg ⓘ
Wingspan
5,5 m ⓘ
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
1
Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Cearadactylus atrox 120 Ma
Images 3
Bibliography
Original description
G. Leonardi and G. Borgomanero. 1985. Cearadactylus atrox nov. gen., nov. sp.: novo Pterosauria (Pterodactyloidea) da Chapada do Araripe, Ceará, Brasil. Coletânea de Trabalhos Paleontológicos, Série Geologia, Brasilia
Bibliography (1)
G. Leonardi and G. Borgomanero. 1985. Cearadactylus atrox nov. gen., nov. sp.: novo Pterosauria (Pterodactyloidea) da Chapada do Araripe, Ceará, Brasil. Coletânea de Trabalhos Paleontológicos, Série Geologia, Brasilia