Kariridraco
Name:
Kariridraco
(Kariri dragon).
Phonetic: Ka-re-re-dya-ko
Named By: Gabriela M. Cerqueira, Mateus A.C.
Santos, Maikon F. Marks, Juliana M. Say�o & Felipe
L. Pinheiro - 2021.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae, Thalassodrominae.
Species: K. dianae (type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Uncertain due to lack of fossil remains.
Known locations: Brazil - Romualdo Formation.
Time period: Early Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and partial
lower jaw.
Kariridraco
is a genus of tapejarid pterosaur
that lived in South America during
the Early Cretaceous.
Further reading
- A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil and
the paleobiogeography of the Tapejaridae. - Acta Palaeontologica
Polonica. 66. - Gabriela M. Cerqueira, Mateus A.C. Santos,
Maikon F. Marks, Juliana M. Say�o & Felipe L.
Pinheiro - 2021.
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