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Araripedactylus

Araripedactylus logo #21000 Araripedactylus was a large genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur, known from a single wing bone found in the Early Cretaceous-age Santana Formation of Brazil. The genus was in 1977 named by Peter Wellnhofer who, unaware that the name Araripesaurus had been published by Price in 1971, presumed he was naming the first pterosaur genus from Brazil. The g...
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Araripedactylus

Araripedactylus logo #20023Araripedactylus was a pterosaur (not a dinosaur). This Pterodactyloid had a skull 1.6 ft (50 cm) long and an estimated wingspan 16 feet (4.8 m). Fossils of this flying reptile were found in northeastern Brazil . This carnivore lived during the early Cretaceous period. Araripedactylus was described in 1971 by L.I. Price.
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