Lower Cretaceous Period
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Arthurdactylus conan-doylei

Large pterosaur from the Chapada do Araripe, Aptian, Sanatana Formation,  Brazil.  Missing skull and cervical vertebrae, estimated wingspan 4.6 metres  (Frey & Martill 1994). There is a possibility that this species may be assigned to the Ornithocheiridae.

Frey, E. & Martill, D. M. 1994, A new Pterosaur from the Crato Formation (Lower Creatceous, Aptian) of Brazil. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Paläontology, Abhandlungen. 194, 379–412.