Reptilia - Pterosauria - Thalassodromidae
Full reference: A. W. A. Kellner and D. d.e. A. Campos. 1994. A new species of Tupuxuara (Pterosauria, Tapejaridae) from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 66:467-473
Belongs to Tupuxuara according to B. Andres et al. 2014
See also Headden and Campos 2014, Kellner and Campos 2007, Martill and Naish 2006 and Unwin 2003
Sister taxa: Tupuxuara deliradamus, Tupuxuara longicristatus
Type specimen: MCT 1495-R, a partial skull (Incomplete anterior skull). Its type locality is Santana do Cariri (general), which is in an Aptian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: volant piscivore
Distribution: found only at Santana do Cariri (general)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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