Anhanguera

Anhanguera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ornithocheiroidea
Ordo: †Pterosauria Subordo: †Pterodactyloidea Superfamilia: Ornithocheiroidea

Familia: †Ornithocheiridae
Genus: †Anhanguera
Species: †A. araripensis – †A. blittersdorffi – †A. cuvieri – †A. ligabuei – †A. piscator – †A. robustus – †A. santanae – †A. spielbergi

Name

Anhanguera Campos & Kellner, 1985

Type species: Anhanguera blittersdorffi Campos & Kellner, 1985

Etymology: from Old Tupi Anhangûera (“old devil”) [Campos & Kellner, 1985: page 460]

References

Primary references

• Campos, D.A. & Kellner, A.W.A. 1985. Panorama of the flying reptiles study in Brazil and South America. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 57(4): 453–466. BNDigital . Reference page. 

Additional references

• Andres, B., Clark, J. & Xu, X. 2014. The Earliest Pterodactyloid and the Origin of the Group. Current Biology 24: 1–6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.030 . Reference page. 
• Pinheiro, F.L. & Rodrigues, T. 2017. Anhanguera taxonomy revisited: is our understanding of Santana Group pterosaur diversity biased by poor biological and stratigraphic control?. PeerJ 5: e3285 (1–29). DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3285 . Reference page. 

Links

• Anhanguera – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

Vernacular names

English: Anhanguera
日本語: アンハングエラ
português: Anhanguera

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