Tupuxuara

Tupuxuara
Temporal range: Albian, 112 Ma
Reconstructed skeleton of T. leonardii, American Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Subfamily: Thalassodrominae
Genus: Tupuxuara
Kellner & Campos, 1988
Type species
Tupuxuara longicristatus
Kellner & Campos, 1988
Other species
  • T. leonardii
    Kellner & Campos, 1994

Tupuxuara is a genus of large, crested, and toothless pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period (Albian stage) of what is now the Romualdo Formation of the Santana Group, Brazil, about 125 to 112 million years ago. Tupuxuara is a close relative of Thalassodromeus, and both form a group that is either called Thalassodrominae (if placed within the family Tapejaridae) or Thalassodromidae (if placed within the clade Neoazhdarchia).