Anhanguera blittersdorffi

Anhanguera blittersdorffi

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: †Ornithocheiridae
Genus: †Anhanguera
Species: †Anhanguera blittersdorffi

Name

Anhanguera blittersdorffi Campos & Kellner, 1985

Holotype: MNRJ 4805-V

Type locality and horizon: Brazil, Romualdo Formation; Albian

Etymology: named after Rainer Alexander von Blittersdorff, who had the holotype in his private collection and lent it for study. [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 blittersdorffi – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

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