Nov 15, 2021
Archovember Day 15: Anhanguera piscator
Anhanguera pisator is a pterodactyloid pterosaur from Early Cretaceous Brazil (lots of Brazilian pterosaurs this year, huh? I swear I did not plan that.)
A. piscator was a fish-eater with a wingspan of around 15 feet, and would have been the size of a medium dog when on all fours. It had a big gnarly spoonbill like other ornithocheiroids, however its jaws were more slender than its relatives.
There are at least two species of Anhanguera, and while A. blittersdorfi is the type species, I chose A. piscator as we have a nearly complete skeleton of it.