Tupandactylus
Genus of tapejarid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tupandactylus (meaning "Tupan finger", in reference to the Tupi thunder god) is a genus of tapejarid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil.
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Tupandactylus | |
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Reconstructed T. imperator skeleton, National Museum of Brazil | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Family: | †Tapejaridae |
Subfamily: | †Tapejarinae |
Tribe: | †Tapejarini |
Genus: | †Tupandactylus Kellner & Campos, 2007 |
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†Tapejara imperator Campos & Kellner, 1997 | |
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