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Tapejaridae

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Comparison between multiple tapejarid genera. A) Torukjara bandeirae (CP.V 8175) B) Caiuajara dobruskii (holotype CP.V 1449) C) Tupandactylus imperator (MCT 1622-R) D) Tapejara wellnhoferi (AMNH 24440) E) "Huaxiapterus" benxiensis (BXGM V0011) F) Sinopterus dongi (IVPP V 13363) Scalebar=50mm
Taxa Tapejaridae

Comparison between multiple tapejarid genera. A) Torukjara bandeirae (CP.V 8175) B) Caiuajara dobruskii (holotype CP.V 1449) C) Tupandactylus imperator (MCT 1622-R) D) Tapejara wellnhoferi (AMNH 24440) E) "Huaxiapterus" benxiensis (BXGM V0011) F) Sinopterus dongi (IVPP V 13363) Scalebar=50mm

holotype Caiuajara Huaxiapterus Sinopterus +4
Comparison between multiple tapejarid genera. A) Torukjara bandeirae (CP.V 8175) B) Caiuajara dobruskii (holotype CP.V 1449) C) Tupandactylus imperator (MCT 1622-R) D) Tapejara wellnhoferi (AMNH 24440) E) "Huaxiapterus" benxiensis (BXGM V0011) F) Sinopterus dongi (IVPP V 13363) Scalebar=50mm
Taxa Tapejarinae

Comparison between multiple tapejarid genera. A) Torukjara bandeirae (CP.V 8175) B) Caiuajara dobruskii (holotype CP.V 1449) C) Tupandactylus imperator (MCT 1622-R) D) Tapejara wellnhoferi (AMNH 24440) E) "Huaxiapterus" benxiensis (BXGM V0011) F) Sinopterus dongi (IVPP V 13363) Scalebar=50mm

holotype Caiuajara Huaxiapterus Sinopterus +4
Bakonydraco galaczi modified to be a tapejarid, from azhdarchid original.
Taxa Barbosania

Bakonydraco galaczi modified to be a tapejarid, from azhdarchid original.

Azhdarchidae Bakonydraco Barbosania Brasileodactylus +3
Bakonydraco galaczi modified to be a tapejarid, from azhdarchid original.
Taxa Elanodactylus

Bakonydraco galaczi modified to be a tapejarid, from azhdarchid original.

Azhdarchidae Bakonydraco Barbosania Brasileodactylus +3
Fragment of the mandibular symphysis of a tapejarid pterosaur (BSP 1997 I 67) from the Kem Kem Group in (A) ?left lateral, (B) ?right lateral and (C) dorsal (occlusal) view. Scale bar equals 5 cm.
Taxa Afrotapejara

Fragment of the mandibular symphysis of a tapejarid pterosaur (BSP 1997 I 67) from the Kem Kem Group in (A) ?left lateral, (B) ?right lateral and (C) dorsal (occlusal) view. Scale bar equals 5 cm.

scale Afrotapejara Pterosauria Tapejaridae

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Pterosaurs May Have Possessed Iridescent Pycnofibres
feather Pterosauria Tapejaridae behavior study
New research suggests that colourful tapejarid pterosaurs may have been even more spectacular than previously imagined. A recently published study proposes that some of these flying reptiles possessed iridescent pycnofibres that produced shimmering colours. As a result, these structures may have played an important role in visual signalling and display. The bodies of pterosaurs, the
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