Lower Cretaceous Period

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Anhanguera blittersdorffi

This pterosaur specimen was discovered in 1985 by Kellner and Fields in the Ceara of the Sanatana Formation in Brazil.  It had an estimated wingspan of 4m.  The specimen of a skull is Aptian in age.

Campos, D. de A. & Kellner, A. W. 1985, Un novo exemplar de Anhanguera blittersdorffi (Reptilia, Pterosauria) da formaçao Santana, Cretaceo Inferior do Nordeste do Brasil. In Congresso Brasileiro de Paleontologia, Rio de Janeiro, Resumos, p. 13. Rio de Janeiro: Soc. Brasil. Paleont.