Cearadactylus Leonardi and Borgomanero 1985 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

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

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Type: Cearadactylus atrox

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Chapada do Araripe [Romualdo Fm.] (general) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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