Reptilia - Pterosauria - Tapejaridae
Full reference: P. C. Manzig, A. W. A. Kellner, L. C. Weinschütz, C. E. Fragoso, C. S. Vega, G. B. Guimarães, L. C. Godoy, A. Liccardo, J. H. Z. Ricetti and C. M. Moura. 2014. Discovery of a rare pterosaur bone bed in a Cretaceous desert with Insights on ontogeny and behavior of flying reptiles. PLoS ONE 9(8):e100005
Belongs to Caiuajara according to P. C. Manzig et al. 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CP.V 1449, a partial skeleton (Partial skeleton including skull and lower jaw, cervical vertebrae and wing elements). Its type locality is Cemitério dos Pterossauros Quarry, which is in an Aptian/Campanian interdune sandstone/sandstone in the Goio-Erê Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: volant frugivore
Distribution: found only at Cemitério dos Pterossauros Quarry
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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