Lower Cretaceous Period

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'Santanadactylus' spixi

 

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This pterosaur was described from the Santana Formation of Brazil by Wellnhofer in 1985.  Thought to be a Dsungaripterid (Bennett 1989) though Kellner and Campos (1992) consider the specimen to be a Tapejarid.  There is some uncertainty that the type material may be composite in nature.

Wellnhofer P; 1985, Neue Pterosaurier aus der Santana-Formation (Apt) der Chapada do Araripe, Brasilien, Palaontographica, A,187: 105-182 Stuttgart