Aymberedactylus

Am-ber-dak-te-lus.
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Paleoecologist

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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.

Diet

Uncertain.

Species

A.‭ ‬cearensis‭

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.

In Depth

       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.

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