Tupandactylus was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Tupandactylus lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in South America. The first Tupandactylus fossil was discovered in 2007.
Quick facts about Tupandactylus:
- Existed from Aptian Age to Albian Age
- Lived in a ridge
- Was a frugivore
- Could fly
- 3 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Tupandactylus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- F. L. Pinheiro and D. C. Fortier. 2011. New information on Tupandactylus imperator, with comments on the relationships of Tapejaridae (Pterosauria). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
- B. A. R. Mohr and H. Eklund. 2003. Araripia florifera, a magnoliid angiosperm from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation (Brazil). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 126:279-292
