Genus
Valid Extinct

Cearadactylus

Leonardi and Borgomanero 1985
Etymology Doigt de Ceara

Cearadactylus is an extinct genus of large anhanguerid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation of Brazil. The only known species is C. atrox, described and named in 1985 by Giuseppe Leonardi and Guido Borgomanero. The name refers to the Brazilian state Ceará, and combines this with Greek daktylos, "finger", a reference to the wing finger of pterosaurs. The Latin atrox means "frightful", a reference to the fearsome dentition of the species.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Cearadactylus
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
Pterodactyloidea Suborder
Pteranodontia Unranked clade
Ornithocheiroidea Superfamily
Cearadactylus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
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Geological formations
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
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Species (1)
Cearadactylus atrox 120 Ma
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Bibliography
Original description
G. Leonardi and G. Borgomanero. 1985. Cearadactylus atrox nov. gen., nov. sp.: novo Pterosauria (Pterodactyloidea) da Chapada do Araripe, Ceará, Brasil. Coletânea de Trabalhos Paleontológicos, Série Geologia, Brasilia
Bibliography (1)
G. Leonardi and G. Borgomanero. 1985. Cearadactylus atrox nov. gen., nov. sp.: novo Pterosauria (Pterodactyloidea) da Chapada do Araripe, Ceará, Brasil. Coletânea de Trabalhos Paleontológicos, Série Geologia, Brasilia