Tapejaromorpha

Tapejaromorphs
Temporal range:
Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous, 125–85 Ma
Fossil specimen of Sinopterus dongi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
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.[1] Martill and Naish had previously proposed this same definition for Tapejaridae, but did not formalize it.[2] Andres and colleagues instead defined Tapejaridae more narrowly, as the clade Tapejara + Sinopterus.[1]

 Azhdarchoidea 
 Neoazhdarchia 


Thalassodromidae



Dsungaripteridae





Chaoyangopteridae



Azhdarchidae




Tapejaromorpha

Bennettazhia oregonensis





Eopteranodon lii




"Sinopterus" gui



Nemicolopterus crypticus






Huaxiapterus jii



Tapejaridae






References

  1. 1 2 Andres, B.; Clark, J.; Xu, X. (2014). "The Earliest Pterodactyloid and the Origin of the Group". Current Biology. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.030.
  2. Martill, D.M. and Naish, D. (2006). "Cranial crest development in the azhdarchoid pterosaur Tupuxuara, with a review of the genus and tapejarid monophyly." Palaeontology, 49: 925-941.


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