Anhangueridae

Anhanguerids
Temporal range: Early-Late Cretaceous, 120–94 Ma
Anhanguera santanae skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Order:†Pterosauria
Suborder:†Pterodactyloidea
Clade:†Ornithocheirae
Family:†Anhangueridae
Campos & Kellner, 1985
Type species
†Anhanguera blittersdorffi
Campos & Kellner, 1985
Genera

†Anhanguera
†Liaoningopterus
?†Maaradactylus

Anhangueridae[1] is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. They were among the last pterosaurs to possess teeth. A recent study discussing the group considered the Anhangueridae to be typified by a premaxillary crest and a lateral expansion in the distal rostrum. The same study presented a cladistic analysis, for which an "agreement subtree" was calculated. The Anhangueridae was found to be sister taxon to the large crested Tropeognathus.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Campos D. A.; Kellner Alexander W. A. (1985). "Panorama of the flying reptiles study in Brazil and South America". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências. 57: 453–466.
  2. ↑ Rodrigues, Taissa; Kellner, Alexander W. A. (2013). "Taxonomic review of the Ornithocheirus complex (Pterosauria) from the Cretaceous of England". ZooKeys. 308: 1–112. doi:10.3897/zookeys.308.5559. PMC 3689139. PMID 23794925.


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