Anhangueridae
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.
| Anhanguerids Temporal range: Early-Late Cretaceous, | |
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| Anhanguera santanae skeleton | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Clade: | †Anhangueria |
| Family: | †Anhangueridae Campos & Kellner 1985 |
| Type species | |
| †Anhanguera blittersdorffi Campos & Kellner, 1985 | |
| Subgroups | |
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