Tupuxuara

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Tupuxuara

Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Skeleton of Tupuxuara leonardii.
Skeleton of Tupuxuara leonardii.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Superfamily: Azhdarchoidea
Genus: Tupuxuara
Kellner & Campos, 1988
Species
  • T. leonardii
  • T. longicristatus

Tupuxuara was an omnivorous pterosaur that lived 112 million years ago. It was very small, usually up to 60 cms. It was not as small as the pterosaur Anurognathus.

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