Tapejara wellnhoferi

Tapejara wellnhoferi
Temporal range: Aptian-Albian,
112 Ma
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Reconstructed skeleton
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Pterosauria
Suborder: †Pterodactyloidea
Family: †Tapejaridae
Subfamily: †Tapejarinae
Tribe: †Tapejarini
Genus: †Tapejara
Kellner, 1989
Species:
†T. wellnhoferi
Binomial name
†Tapejara wellnhoferi
Kellner, 1989

Tapejara (from a Tupi word meaning "the lord of the ways"[1]) is a genus of Brazilian pterosaur from the Cretaceous Period (Santana Formation, dating to about 127 to 112 million years ago). Tapejara crests consisted of a semicircular crest over the snout, and a bony prong which extended back behind the head. It was a small pterosaur, with a wingspan of approximately 1.23–1.3 metres (4.0–4.3 ft).[2]

  1. ^ https://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/41/41133/tde-14082021-135310/publico/Lucas_Piazentin_vol_II_CORRIG_compac.pdf
  2. ^ Eck, K.; Elgin, R.A.; Frey, E. (2011). "On the osteology of Tapejara wellnhoferi KELLNER 1989 and the first occurrence of a multiple specimen assemblage from the Santana Formation, Araripe Basin, NE-Brazil". Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. 130 (2): 277–296. Bibcode:2011SwJP..130..277E. doi:10.1007/s13358-011-0024-5.