Caupedactylus ybaka Kellner 2013 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Tapejaridae

Full reference: A. W. A. Kellner. 2013. A new unusual tapejarid (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation, Araripe Basin, Brazil. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103:1-13

Belongs to Caupedactylus according to A. W. A. Kellner 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MN 4726-V, a partial skeleton (Skull, lower jaw and some postcranial elements). Its type locality is Between Nova Olinda and Santana do Cariri, which is in an Aptian terrestrial horizon in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: volant frugivore

Distribution: found only at Between Nova Olinda and Santana do Cariri

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