Genus
Valid Extinct

Banguela

Headden and Campos 2014

Banguela is a genus of azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of what is now Brazil. Only one species is known, Banguela oberlii.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Banguela
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Holotype jaw fragment of Banguela oberlii (or Thalassodromeus, inaccurately referred to as T. sethi in source[1]) with cross-section (line of section indicated by red line). © Stuart Humphries, Richard H. C Bonser, Mark P Witton, David M Martill · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Azhdarchoidea Superfamily
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Dsungaripteridae Family
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Banguela Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
1
Geological formations
Romualdo
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Banguela oberlii 120 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. A. Headden and H. B. N. Campos. 2014. An unusual edentulous pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation of Brazil. Historical Biology DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. A. Headden and H. B. N. Campos. 2014. An unusual edentulous pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation of Brazil. Historical Biology DOI ↗