- origin.
Tapejarids were
small to medium-sized
pterosaurs with
several unique,
shared characteristics,
mainly relating to the skull. Most
tapejarids possessed...
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contested by
paleontologist Mark Witton, however. It has been
noted that
tapejarids had
short wings,
about as
suited for
soaring as
those of Galliformes,...
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wealth of
pterosaurian fauna,
including pteranodontids, nyctosaurids,
tapejarids and
several indeterminate forms.
Azhdarchids are
characterized by their...
- 2008,
considered the
traditional "
tapejarids" to be a
paraphyletic grade of
primitive azhdarchoids, with true
tapejarids more basal, and the thal****odromines...
- of
tapejarids, the
describers ****umed a
frugivorous lifestyle for Europejara.
Because the
species is so old it
indicates a role for the
tapejarids in...
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South American tapejarids. The
describers place the two,
including Eopteranodon and Huaxiapterus, in a
newly named subfamily of
tapejarids called Sinopterinae...
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limit does not
apply to
terrestrial pterosaurs, such as
azhdarchids and
tapejarids. Furthermore,
Darren Naish concluded that
atmospheric differences between...
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group from Tapejaridae. Nonetheless, they
would find thal****odromids and
tapejarids to
group together in a
clade called Tapejaromorpha.
Early studies had...
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primarily represented by azhdarchids,
other forms like pteranodontids,
tapejarids (Caiuajara and Bakonydraco),
nyctosaurids and
uncertain forms (Piksi,...
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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...
