Tapejaromorpha

Tapejaromorphs Temporal range: Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous, 125–85 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil specimen of Sinopterus dongi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Clade:	†Azhdarchoidea
Clade:	†Tapejaromorpha Andres et al., 2014
Subgroups
†Bennettazhia †Eopteranodon †Huaxiapterus †Nemicolopterus

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. 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.