Caiuajara
Name: Caiuajara
(Caiu� being).
Phonetic: Ky-u-ah-yaj-ra.
Named By: P. C. Manzig, A. W. A.
Kellner, L. C. Weinsch�tz, C. E. Fragoso, C. S.
Vega, G. B. Guimar�es, L. C. Godoy, A. Liccardo, J.
H. Z. Ricetti & C. M. Moura - 2014.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae.
Species: C. dobruskii
(type).
Diet: Piscivore?
Size: Wingspan roughly about 2.35 meters across.
Known locations: Brazil - Goio-Er� Formation.
Time period: Coniacian to Campanian of the
Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and post
cranial skeletal fossils of several individuals.
Noted for its similarity to the genus Tapejara, Caiuajara is a tapejarid pterosaur that lived in South America during the late Cretaceous. Tapejarid pterosaurs are noted for their large head crests, and Caiuajara is no exception. The crest of Caiuajara has been reconstructed to have formed a crest shaped much like a shark fin, and this grew up from the top of the skull, with the base running from the front of the snout all the way to the back of the head.
Further reading
- Discovery of a Rare Pterosaur Bone Bed in a Cretaceous Desert with
Insights on Ontogeny and Behavior of Flying Reptiles. - PLoS ONE
9(8). - P. C. Manzig, A. W. A. Kellner, L. C.
Weinsch�tz, C. E. Fragoso, C. S. Vega, G. B.
Guimar�es, L. C. Godoy, A. Liccardo, J. H. Z.
Ricetti & C. M. Moura - 2014.
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