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Barbosania fossil map

Where fossils of Barbosania have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 115 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 115 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Barbosania
Image: FELIPE L. PINHEIRO, ALEXANDER W.A. KELLNER, JOÃO L. DA SILVA, RUDAH R.C. DUQUE, JULIANA M. SAYÃO, ESAÚ V. DE ARAÚJO, FAB, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupPterosaurs
Lived119.57–113.2 million years ago (Aptian)
PeriodsCretaceous
FamilyOrnithocheiridae
Named byElgin and Frey 2011
Fossil records2 occurrences at 2 locations (PBDB)
Found inBrazil
Rock formationsCrato, Romualdo

About Barbosania

Barbosania is an extinct genus of crestless targaryendraconian pterosaur from the Cretaceous Romualdo Formation of the Santana Group of northeastern Brazil, dating to the Aptian to Albian.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Barbosania (revision 1381048867), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q938388.

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