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Caiuajara

Caiuajara was a crested pterosaur with a conspicuous head ornament.

Caiuajara was a crested pterosaur with a conspicuous head ornament. Its fossils make the changing relationship between crest and body especially relevant to a three-stage character.

Three stages. One companion.

Game artwork
AI-generated Dinosgacha game illustration of Caiuajara (Caiuajara dobruskii), hatchling stage.
HatchlingView full size: Caiuajara Hatchling
AI-generated Dinosgacha game illustration of Caiuajara (Caiuajara dobruskii), juvenile stage.
JuvenileView full size: Caiuajara Juvenile
AI-generated Dinosgacha game illustration of Caiuajara (Caiuajara dobruskii), adult stage.
AdultView full size: Caiuajara Adult

AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.

Caiuajara at a glance

Diet
Diet uncertain
When it lived
Cretaceous
Group
Tapejaridae
Tapejaridae

Beyond the game

The real Caiuajara

Caiuajara was a crested pterosaur with a conspicuous head ornament. Its fossils make the changing relationship between crest and body especially relevant to a three-stage character.

Its conspicuous crest changed the profile of the head above a pterosaur body. The wings were supported by elongated fourth fingers rather than the feathered construction of birds.

Fossil discoveries

Paraná, Brazil · approximate location
Paraná, Brazil

Selected fossil records · present-day map

Map references

Paleobiology Database · P. C. Manzig, A. W. A. Kellner, and L. C. Weinschütz, C. E. Fragoso, C. S. Vega, G. B. Guimarães, L. C. Godoy, A. Liccardo, J. H. Z. Ricetti, C. M. de Moura. 2014. Discovery of a rare pterosaur bone bed in a Cretaceous desert with Insights on ontogeny and behavior of flying reptiles. PLoS ONE 9(8):e100005 ↗

Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.

Sources & text credits

Explore the references behind this profile.

  1. Discovery of a rare pterosaur bone bed in a Cretaceous desert
  2. Osteohistological characterization and ontogeny of Caiuajara dobruskii
  3. Paleobiology Database: Caiuajara dobruskii

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