Genus
Valid Extinct

Brasileodactylus

Kellner 1984
Etymology Doigt brésilien

Brasileodactylus is an extinct genus of anhanguerian pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous lower Santana Formation of Chapada do Araripe, Ceará, Brazil.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Brasileodactylus
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Brasileodactylus araripensis, holotype (MN 4804-V) in A, right lateral and B, dorsal view; C, interpretative drawing in dorsal view; referred specimen (SMNS 55414) in C, right lateral and D, dorsal view in D, dorsal and E, 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
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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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Brasileodactylus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
2
Geological formations
Romualdo
2
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Brasileodactylus araripensis 120 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
A. W. A. Kellner. 1984. Ocorrência de uma mandibula de Pterosauria (Brasileodactylus araripensis nov.gen., nov. sp.) na formação Santana, Cretáceo da chapada do Araripe, Ceará-Brasil. XXXIII Anais Congresso Brasileiro de Geologia, Rio de Janeiro 1984:578-590
Bibliography (2)
A. J. Veldmeijer. 2003. Preliminary description of a skull and wing of a Brazilian Cretaceous (Santana Formation; Aptian-Albian) pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea) in the collection of the AMNH. PalArch, Vertebrate Palaeontology
A. W. A. Kellner. 1984. Ocorrência de uma mandibula de Pterosauria (Brasileodactylus araripensis nov.gen., nov. sp.) na formação Santana, Cretáceo da chapada do Araripe, Ceará-Brasil. XXXIII Anais Congresso Brasileiro de Geologia, Rio de Janeiro 1984:578-590