Tendaguripterus

The genus is based on holotype MB.R.1290, a partial mandible with teeth (the symphyseal region, where the two lower jaws meet and fuse into one element).The teeth in the posterior section of the jaw fragment point strongly backwards.Overall, this would have been a small pterosaur; the skull length is estimated at twenty centimeters (7.9 inches), and the wingspan at around 100 cm (39.4 in).[2] First described as a member of the Germanodactylidae, it was later regarded as a more general dsungaripteroid (of uncertain affinities),[3][4] meaning it may have fed on crabs and other shellfish.In 2007 Alexander Kellner stated that the resemblance to either Germanodactylus or Dsungaripterus was superficial and that it was not even certain it was a member of the Pterodactyloidea instead of a more basal pterosaur.
PreꞒScientific classificationEukaryotaAnimaliaChordataPterosauriaPterodactyloideaGermanodactylidae (?)Binomial namepterodactyloidpterosaurKimmeridgianTithonianUpper JurassicTendaguru FormationLindi RegionTanzaniaGerman East AfricaHans Recktype speciesspecific nameholotypeMB.R.1290mandiblesymphyseal regionposteriorwingspanGermanodactylidaeshellfishAlexander KellnerGermanodactylusDsungaripterusTendaguripteridaeList of pterosaur generaTimeline of pterosaur researchGlut, Donald F.SauropsidaArchosauriaAvemetatarsaliaPterosauromorphaDaohugoupterusPreondactyliaAustriadactylusPreondactylusCaviramidaeCarniadactylusCaviramusRaeticodactylusAustriadraconidaeArcticodactylusAustriadracoSeazzadactylusEopterosauriaPeteinosaurusRaeticodactylidaePachagnathusYelaphomteEudimorphodontidaeEudimorphodonZambellisauriaMacronychopteraHerbstosaurusDimorphodontidaeAllkaruenCaelestiventusDimorphodonParapsicephalusRhamphinionLonchognathaNovialoideaCampylognathoididaeBergamodactylusCampylognathoidesRhamphorhynchidaeAngustinaripterusBellubrunnusCacibupteryxDolicorhamphusDorygnathusHarpactognathusKlobiodonNesodactylusOrientognathusQinglongopterusRhamphorhynchusSericipterusScaphognathidaeFenghuangopterusJianchangnathusJianchangopterusScaphognathusSordesPterodactylomorphaMonofenestrataArchaeoistiodactylusMelkamterNormannognathusAnurognathidaeDarwinopteraCeopteraPterorhynchusWukongopteridaeCuspicephalusDarwinopterusDouzhanopterusKunpengopterusWukongopterusPterodactyliformesChangchengopterusSkiphosouraCaelidraconesAnurognathusBatrachognathusCascocaudaDendrorhynchoidesJeholopterusLuopterusMesadactylusSinomacropsVesperopterylusDermodactylusEurolimnornisKryptodrakonNingchengopterusPangupterusPropterodactylusSamrukiaWenupteryxLophocratiaArchaeopterodactyloideaPrejanopterusAltmuehlopterusEuctenochasmatiaDiopecephalusPterodactylusCtenochasmatoideaGallodactylidaeAurorazhdarchoCycnorhamphusPetrodactyleMoganopterinaeAurorazhdarchiaAerodactylusAurorazhdarchidaeArdeadactylusHuanhepterusCtenochasmatidaeBalaenognathusBeipiaopterusCathayopterusCratonopterusCtenochasmaElanodactylusEosipterusFeilongusForfexopterusGegepterusGladocephaloideusGnathosaurusKepodactylusLiaodactylusLusognathusMoganopterusOtogopterusPlataleorhynchusPterodaustroPterofiltrusTacuadactylusEupterodactyloideaOrnithocheiroideaTapejaroideaDsungaripteridaeBanguelaDomeykodactylusLonchognathosaurusNoripterusOrdosipterusPuntanipterusAzhdarchoideaInabtaninOrnithostomaTapejaromorphaBennettazhiaKeresdrakonThalassodromidaeAlanqaArgentinadracoKariridracoLeptostomiaThalassodromeusTupuxuaraXericepsTapejaridaeAfrotapejaraAymberedactylusBakonydracoCaiuajaraCaupedactylusEopteranodonEuropejaraHuaxiadracoLacusovagusNemicolopterusSinopterusTapejaraTorukjaraTupandactylusVectidracoWightiaNeoazhdarchiaDsungaripteromorphaMicrotubanAzhdarchomorphaChaoyangopteridaeApatorhamphusChaoyangopterusEoazhdarchoJidapterusMeilifeilongShenzhoupterusAzhdarchiformesMontanazhdarchoRadiodactylusAlanqidaeAzhdarchidaeAerotitanAlbadracoAralazhdarchoArambourgianiaAzhdarchoCryodrakonEurazhdarchoHatzegopteryxMistralazhdarchoNavajodactylusNipponopterusPalaeocursornisPhosphatodracoQuetzalcoatlusThanatosdrakonWellnhopterusZhejiangopterusPteranodontoideaSantanadactylusPteranodontiaPteranodontidaeBogoluboviaDawndracoPteranodonTethydracoVolgadracoNyctosauromorphaAlamodactylusCretornisAponyctosauriaAlcioneEpapateloSimurghiaNyctosauridaeBarbaridactylusMuzquizopteryxNyctosaurusOrnithocheiromorphaAussiedracoSerradracoUnwindiaLonchodectidaeIkrandracoLonchodectesLonchodracoLanceodontiaDraigweniaIstiodactyliformesHongshanopterusLinlongopterusYixianopterusMimodactylidaeHaopterusMimodactylusIstiodactylidaeIstiodactylusLiaoxipterusLingyuanopterusLongchengpterusLuchibangNurhachiusOrnithocheiriformesBarbosaniaBrasileodactylusCearadactylusHamipterusBoreopteridaeBoreopterusZhenyuanopterusOrnithocheiraeOrnithocheiridaeAetodactylusAraripesaurusArthurdactylusCamposipterusCaulkicephalusCimoliopterusColoborhynchusFerrodracoGuidracoHaliskiaLudodactylusMythungaOrnithocheirusSiroccopteryxTropeognathusUktenadactylusTargaryendraconiaCimoliopteridaeTargaryendraconidaeTargaryendracoAnhangueriaHamipteridaeIberodactylusAnhangueridaeAerodracoAkharhynchusAnhangueraAmblydectesLiaoningopterusMaaradactylusNicorhynchusThapunngakaWikidataOpen Tree of LifePaleobiology Database