Torukjara

Torukjara
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
~BarremianAlbian?
Holotype skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Family: Tapejaridae
Subfamily: Tapejarinae
Tribe: Tapejarini
Subtribe: Caiuajarina
Genus: Torukjara
Pêgas, 2024
Species:
T. bandeirae
Binomial name
Torukjara bandeirae
Pêgas, 2024

Torukjara is an extinct genus of tapejarin pterodactyloid pterosaurs from the Early Cretaceous "Pterosaur Graveyard" (Caiuá Group) of Brazil. The genus contains a single species, T. bandeirae, known from several specimens. The Torukjara fossil material was originally assigned to Caiuajara, but several anatomical differences indicate that both similar species coexisted in the ecosystem.