Tupuxuara was a pterosaur that lived 112 million years ago. It was found in the Santana Formation, the remains of an inland sea. Some species were quite small, but the largest skull (length 130 cms) suggests a wingspan of 5.5 metres. It was an Azdarchid pterosaur, the same group as Quetzalcoatlus.

2014年4月4日 · Friday’s pterosaur is Tupuxuara leonardii, which lived about 110 million years ago, in what is now northeastern Brazil. A variety of pterosaurs evolved during the Cretaceous period (145–66 million years ago). Many species had long, slender skulls, and toothless jaws or very long necks.

It was a rather large animal found in the Santana Formation of Brazil, during what is probably the heyday of the pterodactyloid pterosaurs. It is dated back to at least 108 million years, the Albian Stage of the Early Cretaceous.

Tupuxuara leonardii had one of the most impressive crests ever found. Its huge, fan-shaped crest swept back from its snout. Fossils of this large pterosaur formed in a lagoon in what is now Brazil. Tupuxuara lived near water and probably used its long, toothless beak to grab fish.

2015年8月15日 · Tupuxuara was a diurnal pterosaur that lived close to the sea, and is thought to have hunted for fish. The elaborate crest shows evidence of an extensive network of blood vessels. Although possibly for thermoregulation, a more likely scenario is that Tupuxuara flushed blood into its crest to produce a striking and vivid colour display. Study of ...

Tupuxuara is an extinct genus of large, crested, toothless pterodactyloid pterosaur that lived in Brazil during the Early Cretaceous period around 112 million years ago. The genus was named and described by Alexander Kellner and Diógenes de Almeida Campos in 1988.[1]

2009年10月1日 · A new species of the sail-crested pterosaur Tupuxuara is described from the Santana Formation of Brazil, Tupuxuara deliradamus sp. nov.

Tupuxuara é um gênero de pterossauro que sobrevoava a região brasileira de Santana do Cariri, no sul do Ceará, há mais de 100 milhões de anos. Sua espécie-tipo é o Tupuxuara longicristatus. Outras espécies deste pterossauro foram encontrada no Brasil.

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

Tupuxuara is a genus of large, crested, toothless pterodactyloid pterosaur. The genus was named and described by Alexander Kellner and Diógenes de Almeida Campos in 1988.[1] The type species is Tupuxuara longicristatus.