Anhanguera blittersdorffi
Taxonavigation
Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Sauropsida
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Cladus: Diapsida
Cladus: Neodiapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Cladus: Archelosauria
Cladus: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crocopoda
Cladus: Archosauriformes
Cladus: Eucrocopoda
Cladus: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Cladus: † Pterosauromorpha
Ordo: †Pterosauria
Subordo: †Pterodactyloidea
Superfamilia: †Ornithocheiroidea
Familia: †Ornithocheiridae
Genus: †Anhanguera
Species: †Anhanguera blittersdorffi
Name
Anhanguera blittersdorffi Campos & Kellner, 1985
Holotype: MNRJ 4805-V
Type locality and horizon: Brazil, Romualdo Formation; Albian
Etymology: named after Rainer Alexander von Blittersdorff, who had the holotype in his private collection and lent it for study. [Campos & Kellner, 1985: page 460]
References
Primary references
- Campos, D.A. & Kellner, A.W.A. 1985. Panorama of the flying reptiles study in Brazil and South America. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 57(4): 453–466. BNDigital
. Reference page.
Additional references
- Andres, B., Clark, J. & Xu, X. 2014. The Earliest Pterodactyloid and the Origin of the Group. Current Biology 24: 1–6. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.030 . Reference page.
- Pinheiro, F.L. & Rodrigues, T. 2017. Anhanguera taxonomy revisited: is our understanding of Santana Group pterosaur diversity biased by poor biological and stratigraphic control?. PeerJ 5: e3285 (1–29). DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3285 . Reference page.
Links
- Anhanguera blittersdorffi – Taxon details on Fossilworks.
