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Tupandactylus imperator
Taxonomy
Tapejara imperator was named by Campos and Kellner (1997). Its type specimen is MCT 1622-R, a skull, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Nova Olinda quarries, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large lime mudstone/mudstone in the Crato Formation of Brazil.
It was recombined as Ingridia imperator by Unwin and Martill (2007); it was recombined as Tupandactylus imperator by Kellner and Campos (2007), Pinheiro et al. (2011), Andres et al. (2014) and Headden and Campos (2014).
It was recombined as Ingridia imperator by Unwin and Martill (2007); it was recombined as Tupandactylus imperator by Kellner and Campos (2007), Pinheiro et al. (2011), Andres et al. (2014) and Headden and Campos (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Tapejara imperator Campos and Kellner p. 83 figs. 1-2 |
| 2003 | Tapejara imperator Unwin |
| 2007 | Tupandactylus imperator Kellner and Campos p. 2 |
| 2007 | Ingridia imperator Unwin and Martill |
| 2011 | Tupandactylus imperator Pinheiro et al. |
| 2014 | Tupandactylus imperator Andres et al. |
| 2014 | Tupandactylus imperator Headden and Campos |
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†Tupandactylus imperator Campos and Kellner 1997
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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: Carroll 1988, Wang and Zhou 2006, Padian 1985, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceara) | Tapejara imperator (type locality: 77891) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Tupandactylus imperator (102227) |