Tupuxuara Kellner and Campos 1988 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Thalassodromidae

Alternative spelling: Tepuxuara

Full reference: A. W. A. Kellner and D. d. A. Campos. 1988. Sobre um novo pterossauro com crista sagital da Bacia do Araripe, Cretáceo Inferior do nordeste do Brasil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 60(4):459-469

Parent taxon: Thalassodromidae according to J. A. Headden and H. B. N. Campos 2014

See also Andres et al. 2014, Kellner 1989, Kellner and Campos 1988, Kellner and Campos 1994, Kellner and Campos 2007, Lü et al. 2006, Martill and Naish 2006, Nessov 1991, Pinheiro et al. 2011, Unwin 2003 and Witton 2009

Sister taxon: Thalassodromeus

Subtaxa: Tupuxuara deliradamus Tupuxuara leonardii Tupuxuara longicristatus

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Type: Tupuxuara longicristatus

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections including 5 occurrences

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