Tupandactylus imperator Campos and Kellner 1997

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Tapejaridae

Alternative combinations: Ingridia imperator, Tapejara imperator

Full reference: D. A. Campos and A. W. A. Kellner. 1997. Short note on the first occurrence of Tapejaridae in the Crato Member (Aptian), Santana Formation, Araripe Basin, northeast Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 69:83-87

Belongs to Tupandactylus according to B. Andres et al. 2014

See also Headden and Campos 2014, Kellner and Campos 2007, Pinheiro et al. 2011, Unwin 2003 and Unwin and Martill 2007

Sister taxon: Tupandactylus navigans

Type specimen: MCT 1622-R, a skull. Its type locality is Nova Olinda quarries, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large lime mudstone/mudstone in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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