Tapejaridae

Tapejaridae Temporal range: Early to Late Cretaceous, 125–85 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Collection of various tapejarid skulls to scale with one another. From left to right, top to bottom: Torukjara bandeirae, Caiuajara dobruskii, Tupandactylus imperator, Tapejara wellnhoferi, Huaxiadraco corollatus, and Sinopterus dongi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Clade:	†Tapejaromorpha
Family:	†Tapejaridae Kellner, 1989
Type species
†Tapejara wellnhoferi Kellner, 1989
Genera
†Caupedactylia? †Caupedactylus †Aymberedactylus †Eutapejaria †Sinopterinae †Afrotapejara? †Bakonydraco? †Eopteranodon? †Huaxiadraco †Nemicolopterus †Sinopterus †Wightia[1] †Tapejarinae †Eopteranodon? †Tapejarini †Bakonydraco? †Europejara †Tapejara †Tupandactylus †Vectidraco †Caiuajarina[2] †Caiuajara †Torukjara
Synonyms
Eutapejaria? (Pêgas et al., 2023)

Tapejaridae (from a Tupi word meaning "the lord of the ways") are a family of pterodactyloid pterosaurs from the Cretaceous period. Members are currently known from Brazil, England, Hungary, Morocco,^[3] Spain,^[4] the United States,^[5] and China. The most primitive genera were found in China, indicating that the family has an Asian origin.^[6]