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Anhanguera piscator

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Anhanguera piscator was named by Kellner and Tomida (2000). Its type specimen is NSM-PV 19892, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santana do Cariri (general), which is in an Aptian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Tropeognathus robustus by Unwin (2002); it was recombined as Coloborhynchus piscator by Veldmeijer (2003) and Veldmeijer et al. (2006); it was synonymized subjectively with Coloborhynchus robustus by Frey et al. (2003) and Martill and Unwin (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Anhanguera piscator Kellner and Tomida
2003Coloborhynchus piscator Veldmeijer
2006Coloborhynchus piscator Veldmeijer et al.
2008Anhanguera piscator Rodrigues and Kellner
2014Anhanguera piscator Andres et al.
2014Anhanguera piscator Headden and Campos
2014Anhanguera piscator Vila Nova et al.

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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
genusAnhanguera
speciespiscator

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.

†Anhanguera piscator Kellner and Tomida 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 122.46000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Anhanguera piscator (type locality: 67712)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Anhanguera piscator (209058)