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Maaradactylus spielbergi

Reptilia - Anhangueridae

Taxonomy
Coloborhynchus spielbergi was named by Veldmeijer (2003). Its type specimen is RGM 401 880, a partial skeleton (Skull and postcrania), 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 spielbergi by Rodrigues and Kellner (2008); it was synonymized subjectively with Coloborhynchus robustus by Martill and Unwin (2011); it was recombined as Maaradactylus spielbergi by Jacobs et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Coloborhynchus spielbergi Veldmeijer p. 42
2008Anhanguera spielbergi Rodrigues and Kellner
2019Maaradactylus spielbergi Jacobs 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
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
PterosauromorphaPadian 1997
Pterosauria(Kaup 1834)
suborderPterodactyloideaPlieninger 1901
Pteranodontia()
superfamilyOrnithocheiroideaSeeley 1870
familyAnhangueridae
genusMaaradactylus
speciesspielbergi()

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.

Maaradactylus spielbergi Veldmeijer 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available