Torukjara Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Holotype skull | |
Scientific 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
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Binomial name | |
†Torukjara bandeirae Pêgas, 2024
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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.