Tropeognathus Wellnhofer 1987 (pterosaur)

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

Subtaxa: Tropeognathus mesembrinus

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Ecology: volant piscivore

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

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