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Tapejaridae (from a Tupi word
meaning "the lord of the ways") is a
family of
azhdarchoid pterosaurs from the
Cretaceous period.
Members are currently...
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composed of
several principle families: Azhdarchidae, Chaoyangopteridae,
Tapejaridae, Thal****odromidae, and
potentially Dsungaripteridae,
although Thal****odromidae...
- ****igned to the
family Tapejaridae in its
description by Kellner,
closely related to the
pterosaur Tapejara.
Within Tapejaridae, its
closest relative was...
- been
placed either within Tapejaromorpha,
closely related to the
family Tapejaridae, or
within Neoazhdarchia,
closely related to the
family Dsungaripteridae...
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recovered Tapejara within the
Tapejarini (a
tribe within the
family Tapejaridae),
sister taxon to
three other genera: Europejara, Caiuajara, and Tupandactylus...
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initially denominated Thal****odrominae, as a
subfamily within the
group Tapejaridae. However,
opposing studies regarding its
placement have
argued that its...
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within the
tribe Tapejarini,
which in turn was
within the
larger group Tapejaridae.
Tupandactylus navigans may have
largely been a
terrestrial forager....
- Xiaolin; Zhou,
Zhonghe (June 2003). "A new
pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea,
Tapejaridae) from the
Early Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of
western Liaoning, China...
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recovered within the Azhdarchoidea, as a
clade comprising the
families Tapejaridae and Thal****odromidae. More recently, the
original definition of Tapejaroidea...
- it is ****igned to the Thal****odrominae, a
subfamily within the
clade Tapejaridae. In 2020,
McPhee and
colleagues considered Banguela as a
valid genus...
