Genus
Valid Extinct

Aymberedactylus

Pegas et al. 2016

Aymberedactylus is a genus of tapejarid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. It contains a single species, A. cearensis.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Frugivore Volant Marine
Aymberedactylus
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Holotype of Aymberedactylus cearensis gen. et sp. nov. (MN 7596-V). (A) Dorsal view. (B) Ventral view. (C) Right lateral view. Abbreviations: ang = angular, d = dentary, dfo = dentary fossa, glfo = glenoid fossa, rapr = retroarticular process, san = surangular, sys = symphyseal shelf. © Rodrigo Vargas Pêgas, Maria Eduarda de Castro Leal, Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia
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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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Tapejaridae Family
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Tapejarinae Subfamily
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Aymberedactylus 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)
Aymberedactylus cearensis 120 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
R. V. Pegas, M. E. C. Leal, and A. W. A. Kellner. 2016. A Basal Tapejarine (Pterosauria; Pterodactyloidea; Tapejaridae) from the Crato Formation, Early Cretaceous of Brazil. Plos One DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R. V. Pegas, M. E. C. Leal, and A. W. A. Kellner. 2016. A Basal Tapejarine (Pterosauria; Pterodactyloidea; Tapejaridae) from the Crato Formation, Early Cretaceous of Brazil. Plos One DOI ↗