| Description | Tapejaridae (from a Tupi word meaning "the old being") are a family of pterodactyloid pterosaurs from the Cretaceous period. Members are currently known from Brazil, Hungary, Morocco, Spain and China, where the most primitive genera are found, indicating that the family has an Asian origin.
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| Rank | family (GBIF)
unranked clade (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Pterosauria : Tapejaridae |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Scientific Name | Tapejaridae |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Tapejaridae | family | belongs to Pterodactyloidea | stated without evidence | Kellner, 1989 | | Tapejaridae | unranked clade | belongs to Azhdarchoidea | stated with evidence | Unwin and Lü, 1997 | | Tapejaridae | family | belongs to Pterodactyloidea | stated without evidence | Kellner and Campos, 2002 | | Tapejaridae | family | belongs to Azhdarchoidea | stated with evidence | Unwin, 2003 | | Tapejaridae | family | belongs to Azhdarchoidea | stated without evidence | Andres and Norell, 2005 | | Tapejaridae | family | belongs to Azhdarchoidea | stated with evidence | Lü et al., 2006 | | Tapejaridae | family | belongs to Pterodactyloidea | stated without evidence | Wang and Zhou, 2006 | | Tapejaridae | family | invalid subgroup of Azhdarchoidea | stated with evidence | Martill and Naish, 2006 | | Tapejaridae | family | belongs to Azhdarchoidea | stated without evidence | Lü et al., 2007 | | Tapejaridae | unranked clade | belongs to Azhdarchoidea | stated with evidence | Unwin and Martill, 2007 | | Tapejaridae | unranked clade | belongs to Tapejaroidea | stated with evidence | Headden and Campos, 2014 | | Tapejaridae | family | belongs to Azhdarchoidea | stated without evidence | Pegas et al., 2016 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 25 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 93.9 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous |
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| Environment | marine (based on Pterosauria) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | frugivore |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. W. A. Kellner. 1989. A new edentate pterosaur of the Lower Cretaceous from the Araripe Basin, northeast Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 61(4):439-446 |
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| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapejaridae |
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| Kellner A. W. A. (1989) A new edentate pterosaur of the Lower Cretaceous from the Araripe Basin, northeast Brazil, Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 61 4, 439-446 |
| Unwin D. M., Lü J. (1997) On Zhejiangopterus and the relationships of pterodactyloid pterosaurs, Historical Biology 12, 199-210 |
| Kellner A. W. A., Campos D. A. (2002) The function of the cranial crest and jaws of a unique pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil, Science 297, 389-392 |
| Unwin D. M. (2003) On the phylogeny and evolutionary history of pterosaurs, Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, Geological Society of London, Special Publications 217, 139-190 |
| Andres B., Norell M. A. (2005) The first record of a pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous strata of Öösh (Övörkhangai; Mongolia), American Museum Novitates 3472, 1-6 |
| Lü J., Jin X., et al (2006) A new species of Huaxiapterus (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China with comments on the systematics of tapejarid pterosaurs, Acta Geologica Sinica 80 3, 315-326 |
| Wang X., Zhou Z. (2006) Pterosaur assemblages of the Jehol Biota and their implication for the Early Cretaceous pterosaur radiation, Geological Journal 41 3-4, 405-418 |
| Lü J., Gao Y., et al (2007) A new species of Huaxiapterus (Pterosauria: Tapejaridae) from the Early Cretaceous of western Liaoning, China, Acta Geologica Sinica 81 5, 683-687 |
| Unwin D. M., Martill D. M. (2007) Pterosaurs of the Crato Formation, The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 475-524 |
| Headden J. A., Campos H. B. N. (2014) An unusual edentulous pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Romualdo Formation of Brazil, Historical Biology doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2014.904302 |
| Pegas R. V., Leal M. E. C., et al (2016) A Basal Tapejarine (Pterosauria; Pterodactyloidea; Tapejaridae) from the Crato Formation, Early Cretaceous of Brazil, Plos One doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0162692 |
| Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
| SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
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