Tupuxuara
genus of pterosaurs
Tupuxuara was a pterosaur that lived 112 million years ago. It was found in the Santana Formation, the remains of an inland sea.
| Tupuxuara Temporal range: Lower Cretaceous 112–108 mya
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| Genus: | Tupuxuara Kellner & Campos, 1988
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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.
