Name:
Aymberedactylus
(small lizard finger).
Phonetic: Am-ber-dak-te-lus.
Named By: R. V. P�gas, M. E. D. Leal
& A. W. A. Kellner - 2016.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae, Tapejarinae.
Species: A. cearensis
(type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of remains, but
wingspan estimated at about 2 meters across.
Known locations: Brazil - Crato Formation.
Time period: Aptian/Albian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial lower jaw.
Aymberedactylus is a genus of tapejarid pterosaur that lived in what is now Brazil during the early Cretaceous. At the time of the genus description the only fossils of Aymberedactylus are the lower jaws. These however seem to indicate that Aymberedactylus is one of the most primitive tapejarid pterosaurs known to us.
Further reading
- Basal Tapejarine (Pterosauria; Pterodactyloidea;
Tapejaridae) from the Crato Formation, Early Cretaceous of
Brazil. - PLoS One. 11 (9). - R. V. P�gas, M. E.
D. Leal & A. W. A. Kellner - 2016.