Lower Cretaceous Period
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Tapejara wellnhofrei

Tapejara (ancient being) wellnhofrei (after Peter Wellnhofer)

A single skull (25cm long) with a jaw similar to that of a bird, also showing clear bony crests.  Described by A.W.A. Kellner in 1990.  The picture below is of a reconstruction of the skull.

Kellner, A. W. A. & Campos, D. de A. 1990, Preliminary description of an unusual pterosaur skull of the Lower Cretaceous from the Araripe Basin. Atas I. Simp. sobre a Bacia do Araripe e Bacias Interiores do Nordeste, pp. 401–405.

Wellnhofer, P. & Kellner, A. W. A. 1991, The skull of Tapejara wellnhoferi Kellner (Reptilia: Pterosauria) from the Lower Cretaceous Santana Formation of the Araripe Basin, Northeastern Brazil. Mitt. bayer. Staatsslg Paläont. hist. Geol.31, 89–106.