Named By: | Campos & Kellner in 1985 |
Time Period: | Albian, 112 Ma |
Location: | Australia. Brazil - Santana Formation. Russia. United Kingdom - Cambridge Greensand |
Size: | Up to 4.5 meter wingspan |
Diet: | Piscivore |
Fossil(s): | Many specimens known |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Pterosauria | Pterodactyloidea | Ornithocheiridae | Anhanguerinae | |
Also known as: | | Araripesaurus santanae | Cearadactylus ligabuei | Ornithocheirus cuvieri | Pterodactylus fittoni | Santanadactylus araripensis | Tropeognathus robustus | |
Anhanguera (meaning "old devil") is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Early-Cretaceous (Albian age, 112Ma) Santana Formation of Brazil. This pterosaur is closely related to Ornithocheirus, and belongs in the family Ornithocheiridae within its own subfamily, Anhanguerinae.