| Caiuajara Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 85Ma |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Family: | †Tapejaridae |
| Genus: | †Caiuajara Manzig et al., 2014 |
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| †Caiuajara dobruskii Manzig et al. 2014 | |
Caiuajara dobruskii: New Pterosaur Species Discovered in Brazil
an extinct genus of tapejarid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil. It is known from a single type species, '''''Caiuajara dobruskii'''''.
Caiuajara dobruskii lived in what is today southern Brazil between 94 and 72 million years ago, in the Cretaceous period.
This reptile was gregarious, living in colonies, and most likely precocial, being able to fly at a very young age.The fossil bones of Caiuajara dobruskii were collected from the Goio-Erê Formation in the southern Brazil’s state of Paraná.
They belonged to at least 47 individuals ranging from young to adult, with wing spans from 0.65 to 2.35 m.
Several anatomical features show that Caiuajara dobruskii belongs to Tapejaridae, a clade of toothless pterodactyloid pterosaurs.
