Genus
Valid Extinct

Tacuadactylus

Soto and Montenegro 2021

Tacuadactylus is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic of Uruguay.

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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Lophocratia Unranked clade
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Ctenochasmatoidea Superfamily
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Euctenochasmatia Unranked clade
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Ctenochasmatidae Family
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Gnathosaurinae Unranked clade
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Tacuadactylus Genus
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇾 Uruguay
2
Geological formations
Tacuarembó
2
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Tacuadactylus luciae 155 Ma
Bibliography
Original description
M. Soto and F. Montenegro. 2021. A new ctenochasmatid (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the late Jurassic of Uruguay. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 111:103472 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
M. Soto and F. Montenegro. 2021. A new ctenochasmatid (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the late Jurassic of Uruguay. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 111:103472 DOI ↗