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A near-complete mandible (SMNS 55414) and a partial skeleton, including a fragment of maxilla (BSP 1991 I 27), from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Formation (Romualdo Member) of Brazil are described and classified. Both have been assigned to Brasileodactylus. The results are being viewed in the light of the ongoing discussion about Ornithocheiridae-Anhangueridae problem as pinpointed by Veldmeijer (2006). Note, however, that due to the long time it took the editors to publish the present work, recent literature, such as Rodriques & Kellner (2008), is not included in the discussion.

Two mandibles of pterodactyloid pterosaurs from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Formation (Romualdo, Albian) of Brazil are described and classified. The edentulous jaw is assigned to Thalassodromeus. This anterior part completes the reconstruction of the lower jaw, hitherto based on the holotype lacking this part. The toothed mandible is assigned to Anhanguera and is the first complete mandible of this taxon.