Santanadactylus

Santanadactylus
Temporal range: Albian,
Fossil cast of S. pricei (above)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: †Pterosauria
Suborder: †Pterodactyloidea
Clade: †Pteranodontoidea
Genus: †Santanadactylus
De Buisonjé, 1980
Type species
†Santanadactylus brasilensis
De Buisonjé, 1980
Other species
  • †S. pricei? Wellnhofer, 1985
  • †S. spixi? Wellnhofer, 1985

Santanadactylus (meaning "Santana Formation finger") is a potentially dubious genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Albian-aged Romualdo Member of the Early Cretaceous Santana Formation, of Barra do Jardim, Araripe Plateau, Ceará State, Brazil. Four species have been named, but today are not considered congeneric with each other. It was a rather large pterosaur.

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