Cacibupteryx
| Cacibupteryx | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Pterosauria |
| Family: | †Rhamphorhynchidae |
| Subfamily: | † Rhamphorhynchinae
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| Genus: | †Cacibupteryx Gasparini, Fernández, & de la Fuente, 2004 |
| Type species | |
| †Cacibupteryx caribensis Gasparini, Fernández, & de la Fuente, 2004
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Cacibupteryx is a
.The genus was named in 2004 by
Zulma Gasparini, Marta Fernández and Marcelo de la Fuente. The type species is Cacibupteryx caribensis. The genus name is derived from Cacibu, the "Lord of the Sky" in Taíno and Greek pteryx, "wing". The specific name
refers to the Caribbean, Caribe in Spanish.
The genus is based on
phalanx of the wing finger. The partial skull is seventeen centimeters long (6.7 inches), is preserved in three dimensions, and has a broad roof. The wingspan and length were not estimated by the describers, but it was indicated to be a relatively large form.[1]
The describers assigned Cacibupteryx to the
Rhamphorhynchinae, closely related to Rhamphorhynchus and Nesodactylus.[2]
