Tacuadactylus
Name:
Tacuadactylus
(Tacua finger).
Phonetic: Tah-cu-ah-dak-tyl-us.
Named By: M. Soto, F. Montenegro, V. Mesa
& D Perea - 2021.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Pterosauria, Ctenochasmatidae, Gnathosaurinae.
Species: T. luciae (type).
Diet: Filter feeder.
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Uruguay - Tacuaremb� Formation.
Time period: Kimmeridgian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and jaw.
Tacuadactylus
is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur
that lived in South America
during the late Jurassic. As a ctenochasmatid, Tacuadactylus
would
have probably been a filter feeder, using its teeth which faced out
to the sides to filter out small invertebrates from soft silt and mud.
Further reading
- A new ctenochasmatid (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the
late Jurassic of Uruguay. - Journal of South American Earth
Sciences. - M. Soto, F. Montenegro, V. Mesa & D
Perea - 2021.
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