tupuxuarid

Here is me, today, with the foam tupuxuarid* skeleton that Mark and Graeme are making - so, if Mark and Graeme are making it, why the hell aren't they in the photo?

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If the Javelina Formation specimen really is a tupuxuarid, it indicates that at least one other pterodactyloid clade survived this late.

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A few other tupuxuarid specimens have been reported.

Archive 2006-11-01 Darren Naish 2006

A few other tupuxuarid specimens have been reported.

Those sexy tupuxuarids Darren Naish 2006

If the Javelina Formation specimen really is a tupuxuarid, it indicates that at least one other pterodactyloid clade survived this late.

Those sexy tupuxuarids Darren Naish 2006

Finally, a pterosaur snout and lower jaw from the late Maastrichtian Javelina Formation of Texas, illustrated in Wellnhofer’s Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs and labelled therein as Quetzalcoatlus, also seems to be a tupuxuarid and possesses a snout morphology highly similar to that regarded as diagnostic for Tupuxuara.

Those sexy tupuxuarids Darren Naish 2006

Finally, a pterosaur snout and lower jaw from the late Maastrichtian Javelina Formation of Texas, illustrated in Wellnhofer’s Illustrated Encyclopedia of Pterosaurs and labelled therein as Quetzalcoatlus, also seems to be a tupuxuarid and possesses a snout morphology highly similar to that regarded as diagnostic for Tupuxuara.

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And, as I said, there’s also the debate about tupuxuarid feeding biology and so on.

Those sexy tupuxuarids Darren Naish 2006

And, as I said, there’s also the debate about tupuxuarid feeding biology and so on.

Archive 2006-11-01 Darren Naish 2006