Unwindia
| Unwindia Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Cenomanian | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Clade: | †Ctenochasmatoidea |
| Genus: | †Unwindia Martill, 2011 |
| Species: | †U. trigonus |
| Binomial name | |
| Unwindia trigonus Martill, 2011 | |
Unwindia is a genus of basal ctenochasmatoid, though more recent analysis might place it in Lonchodectidae.[1] It is noted to be "aberrant" pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It is known only from a partial skull recovered from the Santana Formation of the Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil, which was dated to the Cenomanian stage.[2] This species was named Unwindia trigonus by David M. Martill in 2011.[2] The skull length was estimated at 300mm, which would indicate a wingspan of over 3 meters. This would make Unwindia the largest member of the Lonchodectidae, as well as the first species to be identified from the southern hemisphere.
See also
References
- ↑ Witton, Mark P. (2013). Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy
- 1 2 David M. Martill (2011). "A new pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Santana Formation (Cretaceous) of Brazil". Cretaceous Research. 32 (2): 236–243. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2010.12.008.
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