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Tapejaromorpha

Tapejaromorphs
Temporal range:
Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous, 125–85 Ma
Sinopterus dongi.jpg
Fossil specimen of Sinopterus dongi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Clade: Azhdarchoidea
Clade: Tapejaromorpha
Andres et al., 2014
Subgroups

Tapejaromorpha is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea.

The Tapejaromorpha was defined in 2014 by Andres and colleagues. They made Tapejaromorpha the most inclusive clade containing Tapejara but not Quetzalcoatlus. Martill and Naish had previously proposed this same definition for Tapejaridae, but did not formalize it. Andres and colleagues instead defined Tapejaridae more narrowly, as the clade Tapejara + Sinopterus.

ThalassodromidaeTupuxuara leonardii white background.jpg

Dsungaripteridae

Chaoyangopteridae

AzhdarchidaeGfp-quetzalcaotlus white background.jpg

Bennettazhia oregonensis

Eopteranodon lii

"Sinopterus" gui

Nemicolopterus crypticus


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