Lower Cretaceous Period

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Anhanguera santanae

Large pterosaur with 4 metre span described by Campos & Kellner, 1985.  Several fragmentary specimens and a few skulls.  Aptian, Sanatana Formation, Araripe Plateaux, Brazil.  One clear skull specimen has been scanned by digimorph, AMNH 25555; from the Lower Cretaceous Santana formation of north eastern Brazil.

http://www.digimorph.org/specimens/Anhanguera_santanae/

Campos D. A. & Kellner A. W. A. 1985, Panorama of the Flying Reptiles Study in Brazil and South America (Pterosauria/ Pterodactyloidea/ Anhangueridae), Anais da Academia Brasileira Ciencias, 1985,57(4):141–142 & 453-466 Rio de Janeiro