Araripedactylus

Araripedactylus

Taxobox
name = "Araripedactylus"
fossil_range = Early Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Pterosauria
subordo = Pterodactyloidea "incertae sedis"
familia = unknown
genus = "Araripedactylus"
species = "A. dehmi"
binomial = "Araripedactylus dehmi"
binomial_authority = Wellnhofer, 1977

"Aripedactylus" was a large genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur, known from a single wing bone found in the Early Cretaceous-age Santana Formation of Brazil. Details of its appearance, biology, and classification are as yet uncertain.


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