Lower Cretaceous Period
Tupuxuara leonardi
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Tupuxuara (familiar spirit). This pterosaurs has a Skull length of about 1.3m and a Wingspan approximately 5.5m. The Tupuxuara were originally thought to be Tapejarid pterosaurs, but study of their skeletal structure allies them with the Azhdarchids.
Nesov, L. A. 1991, Giant flying reptiles of the family Azhdarchidae: I. morphology and systematics, Vestnik Leningradskogo Universiteta. Seriya. 7; Geologiya, Geografiya (2), 14–23. (in Russian)