Subfamily
Valid Extinct

Tapejarinae

Kellner 1989

Tapejaridae is a family of azhdarchoid pterosaurs from the Cretaceous period. Members are currently known from Africa, Asia, Europe, South America and possibly North America. The most primitive genera were found in China, indicating that the family has an Asian origin.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Ptérosaures
Frugivore Volant Marine
Tapejarinae
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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 © Canejo L, Holgado B, Weinschütz LC, Ricetti JHZ, Wilner E, Kellner AWA · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Azhdarchoidea Superfamily
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Neoazhdarchia Unranked clade
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Tapejaroidea Superfamily
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Tapejaridae Family
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Tapejarinae Subfamily
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇧🇷 Brazil
3
Geological formations
Crato
2
Goio-Erê
1
Temporal distribution
Cenomanian (100.5–93.9 Ma)
1
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
2
Images 1
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)
R. V. Pegas, M. E. C. Leal, and A. W. A. Kellner. 2016. A Basal Tapejarine (Pterosauria; Pterodactyloidea; Tapejaridae) from the Crato Formation, Early Cretaceous of Brazil. Plos One DOI ↗
P. C. Manzig, A. W. A. Kellner, and L. C. Weinschütz, C. E. Fragoso, C. S. Vega, G. B. Guimarães, L. C. Godoy, A. Liccardo, J. H. Z. Ricetti, C. M. de Moura. 2014. Discovery of a rare pterosaur bone bed in a Cretaceous desert with Insights on ontogeny and behavior of flying reptiles. PLoS ONE 9(8):e100005 DOI ↗
A. W. A. Kellner. 2013. A new unusual tapejarid (Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea) from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation, Araripe Basin, Brazil. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 103:1-13 DOI ↗