New information on the pterosaur Tupandactylus imperator, with comments on the relationships of Tapejaridae

Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 567-580

  Pinheiro, Felipe L ^a   Fortier, Daniel C ^a   Schultz, Cesar L ^a   De Andrade, José Artur F G ^b   Bantim, Renan A M ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Pesquisas Paleontológicas da Chapada do Araripe   (Brazil)

^c REGIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CARIRI   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Crato Formation; phylogeny; Pterosauria; Tapejaridae; Tupandactylus imperator

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; NEW SPECIES; NEW TAXON; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REPTILE; SKULL;

BRAZIL;

PTERODACTYLOIDEA; PTEROSAURIA; TAPEJARIDAE;

EID: 80053108502     PISSN: 05677920     EISSN: 17322421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4202/app.2010.0057     Document Type: Article

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