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Cearadactylus atrox

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Cearadactylus atrox was named by Leonardi and Borgomanero (1985). Its type specimen is F-PV-93, a partial skull (3D partial skull with mandibles), and it is a 3D body fossil. 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. It is the type species of Cearadactylus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Cearadactylus atrox Leonardi and Borgomanero p. 75 figs. 1-2
1993Cearadactylus atrox Dalla Vecchia
2000Cearadactylus atrox Kellner and Tomida
2003Cearadactylus atrox Unwin p. 145
2014Cearadactylus atrox Andres et al.
2014Cearadactylus atrox Vila Nova et al. p. 127

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
RankNameAuthor
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Pteranodontia()
superfamilyOrnithocheiroideaSeeley 1870
genusCearadactylus
speciesatrox

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Cearadactylus atrox Leonardi and Borgomanero 1985
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. C. Vila Nova et al. 2014Large pteranodontoid pterosaur with the following autapomorphies: dentary groove reaching the rostral tip of the bone, with a bifurcated end; posterior and ventral limits of the nasoantorbital fenestra forming a right angle. It can be further distinguished from other pteranodontoids by the following combination of characters: orbit and naris above the middle of the nasoantorbital fenestra; comparatively small number of teeth (16-18 maxillary, 11-13 mandibular on each side); teeth decreasing in size towards the posterior end.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volanto
Diet: piscivoreo
Created: 2009-01-04 11:38:30
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:39:23
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Padian 1985

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Cearadactylus atrox (type locality: 92290)