Tapejara (pterosaur)

Reconstructed life image of T. wellnhoferi

Tapejara is a genus of flying reptiles whose fossil remains were found in the Santana Formation in Brazil. They lived in the Cretaceous period about 110 million years ago. All three known species had a bird-like short pine and a sharp bony crest on the skull. The largest species T. imperator reached a wingspan of six meters.

Species

  • T. wellnhoferi Campos & Kellner, 1989. The only known fossil of this type is a 25 -centimeter-long skull.
  • T. imperator Campos & Kellner, 1997., The only known skeleton of this kind, whose skull is equipped with a very high bone crest is today owned by two museums. The skull is located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and the rest of the State Museum of Natural History in Karlsruhe under the number MCT 1622 -R.
  • Navigans T. Frey, Martill & Buchy, 2003
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