Bakiribu
| Bakiribu Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Family: | †Ctenochasmatidae |
| Subfamily: | †Ctenochasmatinae |
| Tribe: | †Pterodaustrini |
| Genus: | †Bakiribu Pêgas et al., 2025 |
| Species: | †B. waridza
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| Binomial name | |
| †Bakiribu waridza Pêgas et al., 2025
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Bakiribu (lit. 'comb') is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaurs known from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian age) Romualdo Formation of Brazil. The genus contains a single species, Bakiribu waridza, known from the fragment remains of two individuals preserved in a regurgitalite. This indicates the pair may have been consumed by a spinosaurid theropod dinosaur. It represents the first member of the broader clade Archaeopterodactyloidea described from the Romualdo Formation. Bakiribu has a unique pattern of closely-packed comblike teeth in the upper and lower jaws that may have been used for filter feeding, similar to the closely related Pterodaustro.