Tapejara wellnhoferi
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Tapejara is a genus of Brazilian pterosaur from the Cretaceous period. Tapejara crests consisted of a semicircular crest over the snout, and a bony prong which extended back behind the head. It was a
Tapejara
Holotype (A-C) and assigned specimens
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Life restorations of Tapejara (middle left) and other pterosaurs known from the Romualdo Formation
Tupandactylus
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Tupandactylus is a genus of tapejarid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. It is known from two species, T. imperator and T. navigans, though it has been sugge
Tapejara wellnhoferi
…are significantly different from T. wellnhoferi and therefore were reclassified into new genera. The species T. imperator was given its own genus, Tupandactylus, by Alexander Kellner and Diogenes de Almeida Campos. Unwin and Martill found that T. imperator and T. navigans belong in the same genus, and named…
Tupandactylus skeleton Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro
Holotypes and assigned specimens
Life restoration showing distribution of filaments preserved in a T. imperator specimen
Life restoration of T. navigans in terrestrial pose