In Depth
Maaradactylus is a genus of anhangeurid pterosaur that lived in Brazil during the early Cretaceous. Maaradactylus is known to have had thirty-five pairs of teeth in the upper jaw as well as a crest rising up from the front of the upper jaw. Being a member of the Anhangueridae, Maaradactylus would have been related to genera such as Anhanguera and Liaoningopterus.
Further Reading
- A new toothed pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea: Anhangueridae) from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation, NE Brazil. - Zootaxa 3869 (3): 201–223. - Renan A. M. Bantim, Ant�nio A. F. Saraiva, Gustavo R. Oliveira & Juliana M. Say�o - 2014. – Description of Coloborhynchus spielbergi sp. nov. (Pterodactyloidea) from the Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil. – Scripta Geologica. 125: 35–139. – A. J. Veldmeijer – 2003. – A new species of Coloborhynchus (Pterosauria, Ornithocheiridae) from the mid-Cretaceous of North Africa. – Cretaceous Research. 95: 77–88. – Megan L. Jacobs, David M. Martill, Nizar Ibrahim & Nick Longrich – 2018/2019.
