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Ludodactylus sibbicki was discovered in 2003 within Brazil’s Crato formation, dating to the early Cretaceous. It is known from a single nearly complete skull with an embedded yucca leaf. It was likely piscavoruous, however the leaf had become lodged in the animal’s gular pouch causing it to eventually starve - this is a phenomenon that still occurs today among pelicans and other seabirds.
It was at one time considered possibly synonymous with Brasileodactylus but recent taxonomic analysis shows this not to be the case.
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