| Anhanguera Temporal range: Early-Late Cretaceous | |
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| An artist's illustration of Anhanguera blittersdorffi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Family: | †Anhangueridae |
| Genus: | †Anhanguera |
| Type species | |
| †Anhanguera blittersdorffi Campos & Kellner, 1985 | |
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Anhanguera is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation of Brazil. This pterosaur is closely related to Ornithocheirus but belongs in the family ornithocheiridae.
The generic name comes from the tupi words añanga, meaning "spirit protector of the animals".
Description
Anhanguera was a fish-eating animal with a wingspan of about 4.6 meters (15 feet).
Classification
There are two species of Anhanguera: A. blittersdorfi, the type species; and A. piscatory. A. blittersdorfi is based on a complete skull from the Romualdo Formation calcareous concretions (Santana Group) of the Ceará and Pernambuco states of Brazil.[1][2][3][7] The species A. piscator, known from a nearly-complete skeleton, was at one point proposed to belong to the genus Coloborhynchus,[8] but has more recently been placed back into Anhanguera by Andres and Myers.[9] Also known from a complete skeleton is A. spielbergi, which was also originally considered a species of Coloborhynchus, but it is currently placed as a species of Maaradactylus.
In the Media
- Anhanguera was featured in the video game Fossil Fighters for Nintendo 3ds.
- Anhanguera appears show Dinosaur Revolution as a mother, and her 3 babies.
- Anhanguera appears in the video game Jurassic Park III: Park Builder.
- Anhanguera appears in the anime Dinosaur King.
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