Pterosaur
Anhanguera
Its anatomy contributed to the debate about how pterosaurs walked on the ground.
Anhanguera is part of the rich pterosaur history of Brazil's Araripe Basin.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Anhanguera at a glance
- Diet
- Mainly fish
- Fish-eating is supported by its anatomy and fossil evidence from the group; this does not mean its diet was identical to that of every seabird.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Anhangueridae
- Anhanguerids
- Fossil locations
- Brazil
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Anhanguera
It belonged to the anhanguerids, a group closely related to Ornithocheirus. Its Brazilian fossils come from the Araripe Basin, an important window into Cretaceous flying reptiles.
Its anatomy helped inform the debate about how pterosaurs walked on the ground. Flying was only part of their lives: they also needed to move and support themselves when not airborne.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Anhanguera (pterosaurio)
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- Anhanguera
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- Anhangueridae
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- Birds and crocodilians
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