ArchaeopterodactyloideaBreviquartossaCaelidraconesCtenochasmatidaeCtenochasmatoideaEuctenochasmatiaGnathosaurinaeKimmeridgianLate CretaceousLophocratiaMacronychopteraMonofenestrataNovialoideaPterodactyliformesPterodactyloideaPterodactylomorphaPterosauriaSouth AmericaTithonianZambellisauria

Tacuadactylus luciae

Pterosaur: Tacuadactylus luciae

Meters Feet
Wingspan*: 2.30 m 7.5 ft
*The largest known specimen

ESR: 2 / 4 (estimated size reliability)

Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Kimmeridgian - Tithonian

Details

Status: valid
Autor: Soto et al.
Year: 2021
Area: South America
Country: Uruguay
Region: Tacuarembó Department
Formation: Tacuarembó

Classification

Pterosauria
Zambellisauria
Macronychoptera
Novialoidea
Breviquartossa
Pterodactylomorpha
Monofenestrata
Pterodactyliformes
Caelidracones
Pterodactyloidea
Lophocratia
Archaeopterodactyloidea
Euctenochasmatia
Ctenochasmatoidea
Ctenochasmatidae
Gnathosaurinae


Other

Material: Anterior part of rostrum and other fragments.
References: Soto, M.; Montenegro, F.; Mesa, V.; Perea, D. (2021). "A new ctenochasmatid (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the late Jurassic of Uruguay".

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