Anhanguera robustus Wellnhofer 1987 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Alternative combinations: Coloborhynchus robustus, Tropeognathus robustus

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

Belongs to Anhanguera according to T. Rodrigues and A. W. A. Kellner 2008

See also Fastnacht 2001, Kellner and Tomida 2000, Martill and Unwin 2011, Unwin 2002, Unwin 2003, Veldmeijer 2002 and Veldmeijer et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Anhanguera araripensis, Anhanguera blittersdorffi, Anhanguera cuvieri, Anhanguera ligabuei, Anhanguera piscator, Anhanguera santanae

Type specimen: BSP 1987 I 47, a mandible (Lower jaw). Its type locality is Chapada do Araripe [Romualdo Fm.] (general), which is in an Aptian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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