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Caiuajara dobruskii

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Tapejaridae

Taxonomy
Caiuajara dobruskii was named by Manzig et al. (2014). Its type specimen is CP.V 1449, a partial skeleton (Partial skeleton including skull and lower jaw, cervical vertebrae and wing elements), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cemitério dos Pterossauros Quarry, which is in an Aptian/Campanian interdune sandstone/sandstone in the Goio-Erê Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Caiuajara.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Caiuajara dobruskii Manzig 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
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
superfamilyAzhdarchoideaUnwin 1992
—Neoazhdarchia
superfamilyTapejaroideaKellner 1989
familyTapejaridae
subfamilyTapejarinaeKellner 1989
genusCaiuajara
speciesdobruskii

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.

†Caiuajara dobruskii Manzig et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: volantf
Diet: frugivoref
Created: 2009-01-05 17:55:32
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:55:32
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009, Wang and Zhou 2006, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Campanian or 125.00000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Campanian125.0 - 72.1Brazil (Paraná) Caiuajara dobruskii (type locality: 160057)