Genus
Valid Extinct

Ludodactylus

Frey et al. 2003

Ludodactylus is a genus of anhanguerid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of what is now the Crato Formation of the Araripe Basin in Ceará, Brazil. The type and only species is L. sibbicki. The generic name Ludodactylus refers to the fact that the animal had the combination of teeth and a Pteranodon-like head crest, similar to many toy pterosaurs, and no such creature was known to exist until the discovery of Ludodactylus. However, Ludodactylus is not the only pterosaur now known to possess these features, its very close relative Caulkicephalus is another example.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Ludodactylus
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Ludodactylus sibbicki. © Zhiheng Li, Zhonghe Zhou, Julia A. Clarke · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Pterosauria Order
Pterodactyloidea Suborder
Pteranodontia Unranked clade
Ornithocheiroidea Superfamily
Ludodactylus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
1
Geological formations
Crato
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Ludodactylus sibbicki 120 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
E. Frey, D. M. Martill, and M.-C. Buchy. 2003. A new crested ornithocheirid from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern Brazil and the unusual death of an unusual pterosaur. Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, Geological Society of London, Special Publications 217:55-63 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
E. Frey, D. M. Martill, and M.-C. Buchy. 2003. A new crested ornithocheirid from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern Brazil and the unusual death of an unusual pterosaur. Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, Geological Society of London, Special Publications 217:55-63 DOI ↗