Arthurdactylus

Taxobox
name = "Arthurdactylus"
fossil_range = Early Cretaceous


image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Pterosauria
subordo = Pterodactyloidea
familia = Ornithocheiridae
genus = "Arthurdactylus"
species = "A. conandoylei"
binomial = "Arthurdactylus conandoylei"
binomial_authority = Frey,E. & Martill, D.M., 1994

"Arthurdactylus" is a genus of pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous-age Santana Formation of Brazil. It was a large animal, with a wingspan of 4.6 meters. The skeleton is reasonably complete, lacking only a skull and some cervical vertebrae.

It was named in honor of Arthur Conan Doyle, who featured large reptilian pterosaurs in his novel "The Lost World".

ources

http://www.pterosaur.co.uk