Thapunngaka represents the largest pterosaur known from the Australian continent. [1][2][3] The genus currently contains a single species, Thapunngaka shawi. Thapunngaka was initially discovered in June 2011 within the Lower Cretaceous, Upper Albian Toolebuc Formation on Wanamara Country, North West Queensland, Australia by fossicker Mr. Len Shaw.

2021年8月11日 · The giant pterosaur, called Thapunngaka shawi, soard over Australia 105 million years ago with a 30-foot wingspan and 40 razor sharp teeth. Thapunngaka shawi was discovered in 2011 by an amateur bone hunter and had been kept unidentified in a museum until now.

2023年1月16日 · The most fearsome pterosaur of all was called Thapunngaka shawi, and it was described in a paper published in August 2021 in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

2021年8月9日 · "The new pterosaur, which we named Thapunngaka shawi, would have been a fearsome beast, with a spear-like mouth and a wingspan around seven meters (23 feet). It was essentially just a skull with a long neck, bolted on a pair of long wings.

2021年8月9日 · Meet Thapunngaka shawi, the largest flying reptile ever discovered in Australia, with a wingspan of 7m and a mouth full of up to 40 sharp teeth. A jawbone belonging to the pterosaur was discovered on Wanamara Country, near Richmond in northwest Queensland and was analysed by a team of scientists at the University of Queensland’s Dinosaur Lab.

2021年8月9日 · A fearsome beast soared above the ancient, vast inland sea once that once covered covering much of outback Queensland. This newly found pterosaur, named Thapunngaka shawi, was discovered in Wanamara Country, …

2021年8月10日 · Scientists identified the newfound species, Thapunngaka shawi, from a fossilized piece of a lower jaw found at a site in North West Queensland dating to the Cretaceous period (about 145.5 million...

A partial mandible of Thapunngaka shawi was found by local fossicker Len Shaw in June 2011 at a site known as the ‘water pond’ near Richmond, North West Queensland, Australia. Originally developed as a quarry for road dressing, this site exposes a heavily weathered 4-5 m (13-16-foot) thick sequence of marls and coquinas of the Toolebuc ...

2021年8月13日 · Thapunngaka shawi is just the fourth pterosaur to have been named and described from the “land down under” and with a wingspan estimated to be as much as 9.47 metres, it might just be the largest Australian flying reptile known to science.

Pterosaur Thapunngaka shawi: scientific and paleontological classification, description, dimensions, wingspan, weight, temporal range, species, fossils, references