Tapejaromorpha

Tapejaromorpha is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea.

Tapejaromorphs Temporal range: Early Cretaceous - Late Cretaceous, 125–85 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil specimen of Sinopterus dongi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Pterosauria
Suborder:	†Pterodactyloidea
Clade:	†Azhdarchoidea
Clade:	†Tapejaromorpha Andres et al., 2014
Subgroups
†Bennettazhia †Keresdrakon †Nemicolopterus †Tapejaridae

The Tapejaromorpha was defined in 2014 by Andres and colleagues. They made Tapejaromorpha the most inclusive clade containing Tapejara but not Quetzalcoatlus.[1] Martill and Naish had previously proposed this same definition for Tapejaridae, but did not formalize it.[2] Andres and colleagues instead defined Tapejaridae more narrowly, as the clade Tapejara + Sinopterus.[1]

Azhdarchoidea	Neoazhdarchia      Thalassodrominae     Dsungaripteridae         Chaoyangopteridae     Azhdarchidae       Tapejaromorpha   Bennettazhia oregonensis         Eopteranodon lii       "Sinopterus" gui     Nemicolopterus crypticus           Huaxiapterus jii     Tapejaridae

References

1. Andres, B.; Clark, J.; Xu, X. (2014). "The Earliest Pterodactyloid and the Origin of the Group". Current Biology. 24: 1011–6. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.030. PMID 24768054.
2. Martill, D.M.; Naish, D. (2006). "Cranial crest development in the azhdarchoid pterosaur Tupuxuara, with a review of the genus and tapejarid monophyly". Palaeontology. 49: 925–941. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00575.x.