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PTERODAUSTRO
(teh-roe-daws-trow (the p is silent and not pronounced))
meaning: "Southern wing"
Pterodaustro
Named By: Jose Bonaparte in 1969
Time Period: Early Cretaceous, 105 Ma
Location: Argentina, San Luis Privince - Lagarcito Formation. Chile - Santa Ana Formation
Size: 2.5 meter wingspan
Diet: unavailable
Fossil(s): Over 750 known individual specimens
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Pterosauria | Pterodactyloidea | Ctenochasmatidae |
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Pterodaustro is a genus of Cretaceous pterodactyloid pterosaur from South America, which lived 105 million years ago.

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