- origin.
Tapejarids were
small to medium-sized
pterosaurs with
several unique,
shared characteristics,
mainly relating to the skull. Most
tapejarids possessed...
- (meaning "Tupan finger", in
reference to the Tupi
thunder god) is a
genus of
tapejarid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the
Early Cretaceous Crato Formation of...
-
wealth of
pterosaurian fauna,
including pteranodontids, nyctosaurids,
tapejarids and
several indeterminate forms.
Azhdarchids are
characterized by their...
-
Huaxiadraco (meaning "Hua Xia [China] dragon") is a
genus of
tapejarid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Aptian-age
Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation...
-
Caiuajara is an
extinct genus of
tapejarid pterosaur from the
Early Cretaceous period (Aptian to
Albian stages) of Brazil. It is
known from a
single type...
- 2008,
considered the
traditional "
tapejarids" to be a
paraphyletic grade of
primitive azhdarchoids, with true
tapejarids more basal, and the thal****odromines...
-
Europejara is a
genus of
tapejarid pterosaur from the
Early Cretaceous Period of Spain. The type and only
species known is
Europejara olcadesorum. In...
-
Sinopterus (meaning "Chinese wing") is a
genus of
tapejarid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Aptian-age
Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Chaoyang...
- in a
clade called Neoazhdarchia. More recently,
studies that
support a
tapejarid identity for
Tupuxuara have also
favored the
denomination Thal****odromidae...
-
while also
elevating it to
family level.
Though the
relationship with
tapejarids remains supported by many studies, it has been
proposed that it is preferable...
