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
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
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
Tupandactylus
…dimorphic species (which would then be T. imperator). T. imperator was described in 1997 by D. A. Campos and Alexander W. A. Kellner, who assigned it to Tapejara. Six years later, T. navigans was named and also assigned to Tapejara. In 2007, two efforts to reallocate both species to a new genus were made, and…
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