Anhanguerids Temporal range: Early-Late Cretaceous, 120–94 Ma |
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Anhanguera santanae skeleton | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Clade: | †Ornithocheirae |
Family: |
†Anhangueridae Campos & Kellner, 1985 |
Type species | |
†Anhanguera blittersdorffi Campos & Kellner, 1985 |
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Genera | |
†Anhanguera
†Liaoningopterus
?†Maaradactylus
Anhangueridae is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. They were among the last pterosaurs to possess teeth. A recent study discussing the group considered the Anhangueridae to be typified by a premaxillary crest and a lateral expansion in the distal rostrum. The same study presented a cladistic analysis, for which an "agreement subtree" was calculated. The Anhangueridae was found to be sister taxon to the large crested Tropeognathus.