AlbianAzhdarchoideaBreviquartossaCaelidraconesEarly CretaceousEupterodactyloideaLophocratiaMacronychopteraMonofenestrataNovialoideaOrnithocheiroideaPterodactyliformesPterodactyloideaPterodactylomorphaPterosauriaSouth AmericaTapejaridaeTapejaromorphaThalassodromidaeZambellisauria

Tupuxuara longicristatus

Pterosaur: Tupuxuara longicristatus

Meters Feet
Wingspan*: 2.60 m 8.5 ft
*The largest known specimen

ESR: 1.5 / 4 (estimated size reliability)

Period

Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Albian

Details

Status: valid
Autor: Kellner & Campos
Year: 1988
Area: South America
Country: Brazil
Region: Ceará
Formation: Romualdo

Classification

Pterosauria
Zambellisauria
Macronychoptera
Novialoidea
Breviquartossa
Pterodactylomorpha
Monofenestrata
Pterodactyliformes
Caelidracones
Pterodactyloidea
Lophocratia
Eupterodactyloidea
Ornithocheiroidea
Azhdarchoidea
Tapejaromorpha
Tapejaridae
Thalassodromidae


Other

Material: Skull and wing fragments. Referred other material ? (problematic).
References: Martill & Naish (2006). Cranial crest development in the Azhdarchoid pterosaur Tupuxuara, with a review of the genus and tapejarid monophyly.

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