Pterosaur
Tupandactylus
Its huge crest combined bony supports with a large area of soft tissue.
The large crest of Tupandactylus combined bone with a broad surface of soft tissue.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Tupandactylus at a glance
- Diet
- Fruit-eating / herbivory proposed
- The diet of tapejarids remains debated. Their toothless beaks do not establish an exact menu.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Tapejaridae
- Tapejarids
- Fossil locations
- Brazil
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Tupandactylus
Its species were initially classified within Tapejara. The subsequent revision recognized a different genus, although how much of its variation corresponds to species or sexual differences is still being investigated.
Its enormous crest combined bony extensions with an extensive surface of soft tissue. Part of the differences between specimens could be due to sex and part to different species. That question explains why classifying a spectacular crest requires studying more than its size.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
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- Tupandactylus
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- Tapejaridae
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