Species
Valid Extinct

Tupandactylus imperator

(Campos and Kellner 1997)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ptérosaures
Frugivore Volant Marine
Classification
Pterosauria Order
Pterodactyloidea Suborder
Azhdarchoidea Superfamily
Neoazhdarchia Unranked clade
Tapejaroidea Superfamily
Tapejaridae Family
Tupandactylus Genus
Tupandactylus imperator Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
2
Geological formations
Crato
2
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
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
Bibliography (2)
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 ↗
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