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Caupedactylus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
| Family: | †Tapejaridae |
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†Caupedactylus Kellner, 2013 |
| Type species | |
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†Caupedactylus ybaka Kellner, 2013 |
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Caupedactylus is an extinct genus of tapejarid azhdarchoid pterosaur known from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation of Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil. It is known from a complete skull, lower jaw and a partial postcranial skeleton. It was first named by Alexander W. A. Kellner in 2013 and the type species is Caupedactylus ybaka.