Tapejaridae

Tapejaridae is an extinct family of crested, toothless pterosaurs, known chiefly from Cretaceous fossils in South America and also from other regions.

Pterosaur: An extinct group of flying reptiles that lived from the Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous. Tapejarids are one pterosaur family, distinguished by their crests and toothless jaws.
Tapejara: A genus of crested, toothless pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil. It is the genus that gives Tapejaridae its name.
Pterosaur diet: The range of foods eaten by pterosaurs, inferred from fossils, anatomy, and comparisons with living animals. Toothless jaws have prompted proposals that tapejarids ate fruit or other plant material.
Crato Formation: An Early Cretaceous geological formation in northeastern Brazil known for exceptionally preserved fossils. It has yielded important tapejarid fossils, including material assigned to Tapejara.
Tapejarid phylogeny: The hypothesized evolutionary relationships among tapejarid pterosaurs and their close relatives. Different analyses have disagreed about which genera belong together and how the family relates to other pterosaurs.
Pterodactyloid: A major group of pterosaurs that includes most familiar Late Jurassic and Cretaceous forms. Tapejarids belong to this broad pterosaur group.
Tupandactylus: A genus of large-crested tapejarid pterosaurs from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil. Its exceptionally large cranial crest shows the family's variation in head ornamentation.
Pterosaur flight: The powered flight of pterosaurs, enabled by membrane wings and specialized skeletal anatomy. Tapejarids were flying animals, although their large crests may have affected flight performance.
Romualdo Formation: An Early Cretaceous Brazilian formation renowned for exceptionally preserved fossils, including pterosaurs. Its pterosaur fossils include several tapejarid specimens.
Pterosaur paleobiology: The study of pterosaurs' biology and behavior using fossils and comparisons with living organisms. Tapejarid ecology must be reconstructed from anatomy and a fragmentary fossil record.

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