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Tacuadactylus

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Ctenochasmatidae

Taxonomy
Tacuadactylus was named by Soto and Montenegro (2021). Its type is Tacuadactylus luciae.

It was assigned to Gnathosaurinae by Soto and Montenegro (2021).

Species
T. luciae (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Tacuadactylus Soto and Montenegro

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
orderPterosauriaKaup 1834
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
—Lophocratia
superfamilyCtenochasmatoideaUnwin 1995
—Euctenochasmatia
familyCtenochasmatidaeNopcsa 1928
—Gnathosaurinae(Unwin 1992)
genusTacuadactylus

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.

G. †Tacuadactylus Soto and Montenegro 2021
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†Tacuadactylus luciae Soto and Montenegro 2021
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: Padian 1985, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 154.80000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Uruguay (Tacuarembó) Gnathosaurinae indet. (225433) Pterosauria indet. (213192)