†Tropeognathus Wellnhofer 1987 (pterosaur)
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Reptilia - Pterosauria - Anhangueridae
Full reference: P. Wellnhofer. 1987. New crested pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie 27:175-186
Parent taxon: Tropeognathinae according to B. Holgado and R. V. Pegas 2020
See also Andres et al. 2014, Headden and Campos 2014, Kellner and Tomida 2000, Vila Nova et al. 2014 and Wellnhofer 1987
Sister taxa: Ferrodraco, Mythunga, Mythungini, Siroccopteryx, Thapunngaka
Subtaxa: Tropeognathus mesembrinus
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution: found only at Chapada do Araripe [Romualdo Fm.] (general) (Cretaceous of Brazil)
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