Anhanguera

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Anhanguera
Fossil range: Mid Cretaceous
Skull of Anhanguera santanae
Skull of Anhanguera santanae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Family: Ornithocheiridae
Subfamily: Anhanguerinae
Genus: Anhanguera
Campos & Kellner, 1985
Species
  • A. santanae Wellnhofer, 1985 (type)
  • A. blittersdorfi Campos & Kellner, 1985
  • A. cuvieri (Bowerbank vide Seeley, 1865) Unwin et al., 2000
  • A. fittoni (Owen, 1859) Unwin et al., 2000

Anhanguera was a big pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It ate fish. It grew to 14 feet (14.5 meters) across. The species Anhanguera piscator is now known as Coloborhynchus.

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