Tupuxuara

Tupuxuara leonardii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Azhdarchoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crurotarsi Divisio: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Superordo: † Pterosauromorpha Ordo: †Pterosauria Subordo: †Pterodactyloidea Superfamilia: †Azhdarchoidea

Familia: †Tupuxuaridae
Genus: †Tupuxuara
Species: †T. deliradamus – †T. leonardii – †T. longicristatus

Name

Tupuxuara Kellner & Campos, 1988

Type species: Tupuxuara longicristatus Kellner & Campos, 1988

Etymology: ultimately from Old Tupi tupixûara (“familiar spirit”). [Kellner, A.W.A., Almeida Campos, D. 1988, p. 460]

References

Primary references

• Kellner, A.W.A. & Almeida Campos, D. 1988. Sobre um Novo Pterossauro com Crista Sagital da Bacia do Araripe, Cretáceo Inferior do Nordeste do Brasil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 60(4): 459–469. BNDigital Reference page. 

Links

• Tupuxuara – Taxon details on Fossilworks.

Vernacular names

English: Tupuxuara
日本語: トゥプクスアラ

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