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'''''Kariridraco''''' is a genus of [[tapejarid]] [[pterosaur]] from the [[Early Cretaceous]]-aged [[Romualdo Formation]], [[Brazil]]. The genus contains a single species, '''''Kariridraco dianae'''''<ref name=Kariridraco>{{cite journal| vauthors = Cerqueira GM, Santos MA, Marks MF, Sayão JM, Pinheiro FL |title=A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil and the paleobiogeography of the Tapejaridae |year=2021 |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=66 |doi=10.4202/app.00848.2020 }}.</ref>
'''''Kariridraco''''' is a genus of [[tapejarid]] [[pterosaur]] from the [[Early Cretaceous]]-aged [[Romualdo Formation]], [[Brazil]]. The genus contains a single species, '''''Kariridraco dianae'''''.<ref name=Kariridraco>{{cite journal| vauthors = Cerqueira GM, Santos MA, Marks MF, Sayão JM, Pinheiro FL |title=A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil and the paleobiogeography of the Tapejaridae |year=2021 |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=66 |doi=10.4202/app.00848.2020 }}.</ref>


==Discovery and naming==
==Discovery and naming==

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Kariridraco
Temporal range: Albian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Family: Tapejaridae
Subfamily: Thalassodrominae
Genus: Kariridraco
Cerqueira et al., 2021
Type species
Kariridraco dianae
Cerqueira et al., 2021

Kariridraco is a genus of tapejarid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous-aged Romualdo Formation, Brazil. The genus contains a single species, Kariridraco dianae.[1]

Discovery and naming

The new genus and species Kariridraco dianae was named based on the holotype MPSC R 1056, a fairly complete skull and the first four neck vertebrae. The generic name refers to the Kariri people of the Araripe Plateau, while the specific name refers to Diana Prince, alter ego of the DC Comics superheroine Wonder Woman.[1]

Phylogeny

Cerqueira et al. performed a phylogenetic analysis and placed Kariridraco in the Thalassodrominae, which, like many recent studies, is recovered as a subfamily of the family Tapejaridae. Their cladogram is shown below:[1]

Azhdarchoidea

References

  1. ^ a b c Cerqueira GM, Santos MA, Marks MF, Sayão JM, Pinheiro FL (2021). "A new azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil and the paleobiogeography of the Tapejaridae". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 66. doi:10.4202/app.00848.2020..