Tupandactylus navigans Frey et al. 2003 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Tapejaridae

Alternative combinations: Ingridia navigans, Tapejara navigans

Full reference: E. Frey, D. M. Martill, and M.-C. Buchy. 2003. A new species of tapejarid pterosaur with soft-tissue head crest. Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, Geological Society of London, Special Publications 217:65-72

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

See also Frey et al. 2003 and Unwin and Martill 2007

Sister taxon: Tupandactylus imperator

Type specimen: SMNK PAL 2344, 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.

Ecology: volant frugivore

Distribution: found only at Nova Olinda quarries

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