#caupedactylus

[tadpoles-yay]

This year we decided to empty the stockings early and

I’m really happy

Sorry about the sword I forgot to take it off before taking the picture

I really like the caupedactylus

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Caupedactylus ybaka

By Fabrizio De Rossi, retrieved from http://www.pteros.com/, a website dedicated to education about Pterosaurs.

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Name: Caupedactylus ybaka

Name Meaning: Caupe Finger

First Described: 2013

Described By: Kellner

Classification: Avemetatarsalia, Ornithodira, Pterosauromorpha, Pterosauria, Macronychoptera, Novialoidea, Breviquartossa, Pterodactylomorpha, Monofenestrata, Pterodactyliformes, Caelidracones, Pterodactyloidea, Eupterodactyloidea, Ornithocheiroidea, Azhdarchoidea, Tapejaromorpha, Tapejaridae, Tapejarinae

Caupedactylus is another Tapejarid pterosaur, known from the Santana FOrmation in Brazil, living about 115-110 million years ago, in the Albian age of the Early Cretaceous. It is known from a partial skeleton, including parts of the skull, which lets us known a few things about it despite the lack of other individuals. Its wingspan was about 3 meters long, making it on the larger side for a Tapejarid. It had a very large head, with downturned jaws, and a very large crest on the top of the snout and head that would have set it apart greatly from other pterosaurs, and actually doubles the height of the skull overall. It probably used its toothless jaws in order to feed on a variety of plants and animals, including fish, invertebrates, seeds, and fruit, living on the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean. 

Sources:

http://www.pteros.com/pterosaurs/caupedactylus.html 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caupedactylus