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Caupedactylus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Reptilia

Suborder
  
†Pterodactyloidea

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
†Pterosauria

Family
  
†Tapejaridae

Caupedactylus is an extinct genus of tapejarid azhdarchoid pterosaur known from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation of Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil. It is known from a complete skull, lower jaw and a partial postcranial skeleton. It was first named by Alexander W. A. Kellner in 2013 and the type species is Caupedactylus ybaka.

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Caupedactylus Wikipedia