Araripesaurus

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Araripesaurus
Fossil range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Family: Ornithocheiridae
Genus: Araripesaurus
Species: A. castilhoi
Binomial name
Araripesaurus castilhoi
Price, 1971

Araripesaurus was the first pterosaur known from the famous Santana Formation of Brazil. Named from fragments of arm and wings, it is estimated to have had a wingspan of two meters.

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