Genus
Valid Extinct

Tupandactylus

Kellner and Campos 2007

Tupandactylus is a genus of tapejarid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. It is known from two species, T. imperator and T. navigans, though it has been suggested that there is only a single, highly sexually dimorphic species. T. imperator was described in 1997 by D. A. Campos and Alexander W. A. Kellner, who assigned it to Tapejara. Six years later, T. navigans was named and also assigned to Tapejara. In 2007, two efforts to reallocate both species to a new genus were made, and ultimately the name Tupandactylus came into use.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Ptérosaures
Frugivore Volant Marine
Tupandactylus
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PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Pterosauria Order
Pterodactyloidea Suborder
Azhdarchoidea Superfamily
Neoazhdarchia Unranked clade
Tapejaroidea Superfamily
Tapejaridae Family
Tupandactylus Genus
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
3
Geological formations
Crato
3
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
3
Species (2)
Tupandactylus imperator 120 Ma
Tupandactylus navigans 120 Ma
Images 3
Bibliography
Original description
A. W. A. Kellner and D. A. Campos. 2007. Short note on the ingroup relationships of the Tapejaridae (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea). Boletim do Museu Nacional, Nova Sérue. Geologia 75:1-14
Bibliography (3)
F. L. Pinheiro, D. C. Fortier, and C. L. Schultz, J. Artur, FG De Andrade, R. AM Bantim. 2011. New information on Tupandactylus imperator, with comments on the relationships of Tapejaridae (Pterosauria). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 56(3):567-580 DOI ↗
E. Frey, D. M. Martill, and M.-C. Buchy. 2003. A new species of tapejarid pterosaur with soft-tissue head crest. Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, Geological Society of London, Special Publications 217:65-72 DOI ↗
D. A. Campos and A. W. A. Kellner. 1997. Short note on the first occurrence of Tapejaridae in the Crato Member (Aptian), Santana Formation, Araripe Basin, northeast Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 69:83-87