Family
Valid Extinct

Thalassodromidae

(Kellner and Campos 2007)

Thalassodromidae is a group of azhdarchoid pterosaurs from the Early Cretaceous (Albian) of Brazil. All known definitive members come from the Romualdo Formation of Brazil, which include the type genus Thalassodromeus, as well as Tupuxuara and Kariridraco. Proposals of additional thalassodromid genera from the Late Cretaceous are controversial and have not been supported.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Thalassodromidae
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Azhdarchoidea Superfamily
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Neoazhdarchia Unranked clade
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Tapejaroidea Superfamily
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Thalassodromidae Family
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
6
Geological formations
Romualdo
6
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
6
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
A. W. A. Kellner and D. A. Campos. 2007. Short note on the ingroup relationships of the Tapejaridae (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea). Boletim do Museu Nacional, Nova Sérue. Geologia 75:1-14
Bibliography (6)
M. P. Witton. 2009. A new species of Tupuxuara (Thalassodromidae, Azhdarchoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brazil, with a note on the nomenclature of Thalassodromidae. Cretaceous Research 30:1293-1300 DOI ↗
D. M. Martill and M. P. Witton. 2008. Catastrophic failure in a pterosaur skull from the Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brazil. Zitteliana B 28:175-183
D. M. Martill and D. Naish. 2006. Cranial crest development in the azhdarchoid pterosaur Tupuxuara, with a review of the genus and tapejarid monophyly. Palaeontology 49(4):925-941 DOI ↗
A. W. A. Kellner and D. A. Campos. 2002. The function of the cranial crest and jaws of a unique pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil. Science 297:389-392 DOI ↗
A. W. A. Kellner and D. de. A. Campos. 1994. A new species of Tupuxuara (Pterosauria, Tapejaridae) from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 66:467-473
A. W. A. Kellner and D. d. A. Campos. 1988. Sobre um novo pterossauro com crista sagital da Bacia do Araripe, Cretáceo Inferior do nordeste do Brasil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 60(4):459-469