Brasileodactylus
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- Brasileodactylus
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Brasileodactylus is an extinct genus of anhanguerian pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian age) lower Santana Formation of Chapada do Araripe, Ceará, Brazil.
The genus was named by paleontologist Alexander Wilhelm Armin Kellner in 1984. The genus name means 'pterosaur (literally, [wing] "finger") from Brazil'. The type species is Brasileodactylus araripensis. The specific name refers to the Araripe Plateau. The holotype, MN 4804-V, is the front part of a mandible.
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