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Tacuadactylus luciae

Osteichthyes - Pterosauria - Ctenochasmatidae

Taxonomy
Tacuadactylus luciae was named by Soto and Montenegro (2021). Its type specimen is FC-DPV 2869, a partial skull (fragment from the anterior part of a maxillopremaxillary rostrum), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is near Batoví Quarry, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian fluvial sandstone in the Tacuarembó Formation of Uruguay. It is the type species of Tacuadactylus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Tacuadactylus luciae Soto and Montenegro

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
—Lophocratia
superfamilyCtenochasmatoideaUnwin 1995
—Euctenochasmatia
familyCtenochasmatidaeNopcsa 1928
—Gnathosaurinae(Unwin 1992)
genusTacuadactylus
speciesluciae

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.

†Tacuadactylus luciae Soto and Montenegro 2021
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Soto and F. Montenegro 2021Ctenochasmatid pterosaur with spoon-shaped spatula not sharply demarcated from the remainder of rostrum, teeth set in alveoli with raised rims, teeth oriented both anteriorly (i.e. procumbent) and laterally, tooth density 1.58–2 teeth/cm, teeth spacing subequal to tooth size, dorsal concavity absent, teeth with veined sub millimetric texture of the enamel, carinae present but not sharp.
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

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. (type locality: 225433) Pterosauria indet. (213192)