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Anhanguera robustus

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Taxonomy
Tropeognathus robustus was named by Wellnhofer (1987). Its type specimen is BSP 1987 I 47, a mandible (Lower jaw), 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 was recombined as Anhanguera robustus by Kellner and Tomida (2000), Rodrigues and Kellner (2008); it was recombined as Coloborhynchus robustus by Veldmeijer (1998), Fastnacht (2001), Unwin (2002), Unwin (2003), Veldmeijer et al. (2006), Martill and Unwin (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Coloborhynchus robustus Veldmeijer
2000Anhanguera robustus Kellner and Tomida
2001Coloborhynchus robustus Fastnacht
2002Coloborhynchus robustus Unwin
2003Coloborhynchus robustus Unwin p. 145
2006Coloborhynchus robustus Veldmeijer et al.
2008Anhanguera robustus Rodrigues and Kellner
2011Coloborhynchus robustus Martill and Unwin

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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
speciesrobustus()

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 robustus Wellnhofer 1987
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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: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Coloborhynchus robustus (67712) Tropeognathus robustus (type locality: 92290)