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Tupandactylus
Taxonomy
Tupandactylus was named by Kellner and Campos (2007).
It was assigned to Tapejarinae by Kellner and Campos (2007), Pinheiro et al. (2011); to Azhdarchoidea by Andres et al. (2014); and to Tapejaridae by Headden and Campos (2014).
It was assigned to Tapejarinae by Kellner and Campos (2007), Pinheiro et al. (2011); to Azhdarchoidea by Andres et al. (2014); and to Tapejaridae by Headden and Campos (2014).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2007 | Tupandactylus Kellner and Campos p. 2 |
| 2011 | Tupandactylus Pinheiro et al. |
| 2014 | Tupandactylus Andres et al. |
| 2014 | Tupandactylus Headden and Campos |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Tupandactylus Kellner and Campos 2007
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†Tupandactylus imperator Campos and Kellner 1997
†Tupandactylus navigans Frey et al. 2003
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| F. L. Pinheiro et al. 2011 | Tapejarid pterosaur with an occipital process that reaches about the
length of the rest of the skull (measured from the tip of the premaxillae to the squamosals); an extremely large soft-tissue median cranial crest supported anteriorly by a spine-like, caudally inclined suprapremaxillary process; soft-tissue component of the cranial crest composed of parallel fibers curving in caudal direction; an anteriorly projecting convex blade on the premaxillae and a lower jaw bearing a very deep rounded median mandibular crest with a steep rostral margin forming an angle of approximately 60 degrees with the mandible. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Wang and Zhou 2006, Padian 1985, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 119.57000 to 113.20000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | T. imperator (102227) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceara) | Tapejara imperator, Tapejara navigans (77891) |