Full reference: 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 75-80
Parent taxon: Ornithocheiroidea according to B. Andres et al. 2014
See also Dalla Vecchia 1993, Kellner and Tomida 2000, Leonardi and Borgomanero 1985, Unwin 2002, Unwin 2003 and Vila Nova et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Anhanguera, Anhangueridae, Brasileodactylus, Euornithocheira, Guidraco, Istiodactylus, Lanceodontia, Liaoningopterus, Lonchodectes, Longchengpterus, Ludodactylus, Nurhachius, Ornithocheirus, Ornithodesmus, Piksi
Subtaxa: Cearadactylus atrox
Type: Cearadactylus atrox
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution: found only at Chapada do Araripe [Romualdo Fm.] (general) (Cretaceous of Brazil)
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