Santanadactylus spixi Wellnhofer 1985 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Pteranodontidae

Full reference: P. Wellnhofer. 1985. Neue Pterosaurier aus der Santana-Formation (Apt) der Chapada do Araripe, Brasilien. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 187:105-182

Belongs to Santanadactylus according to P. Wellnhofer 1985

Sister taxon: Santanadactylus brasilensis

Type specimen: BSP 1980 I 121, a set of limb elements (Partial forelimb). Its type locality is Chapada do Araripe [Romualdo Fm.] (general), which is in an Aptian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Chapada do Araripe [Romualdo Fm.] (general)

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