Caiuajara dobruskii

Familia: †Tapejaridae
Genus: †Caiuajara
Species: †

Caiuajara dobruskii Manzig, Kellner, Weinschütz, Fragoso, Vega, Guimarães, Godoy, Liccardo, Ricetti & Moura, 2014

• Holotype: CP.V 1449.
• Type locality: Brazil, Cruzeiro do Oeste; Bauru Basin, Caiuá Group, Goio-Erê Formation.
• Etymology: named after Alexandre and João Dobruski, who found the fossils near their rural property in 1971. [Manzig et al., 2014: 4]

• Manzig, P.C., Kellner, A.W.A., Weinschütz, L.C., Fragoso, C.E., Vega, C.S., Guimarães, G.B., Godoy, L.C., Liccardo, A., Ricetti, J.H.Z. & Moura, C.M. 2014. Discovery of a Rare Pterosaur Bone Bed in a Cretaceous Desert with Insights on Ontogeny and Behavior of Flying Reptiles. PLoS ONE 9(8): 1–10. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100005 Reference page. 

• Canejo, L., Holgado, B., Weinschütz, L.C., Ricetti, J.H.Z., Wilner, E. & Kellner, A.W.A. 2022. Novel information on the cranial anatomy of the tapejarine pterosaur Caiuajara dobruskii. PLoS ONE 17(12): 1–23. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277780 Reference page. 

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