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Description
Tupandactylus navigans
Named by David Martil and colleagues, 2003 (Originally Tapejara)
Diet: Probably herbivore/frugivore (Fruit-eater)
Type: Tapejaromorpha (Tapejarid) Pterodactyloid pterosaur
Size: 16.5 feet (5 meter) wingspan
Region: South America (Brazil)
Age: Early Cretaceous (120 to 112 million BC; Aptian to Early Aptian)
Enemies: Ground-dwelling theropod dinosaurs such as an unnamed spinosaurid that's known only from teeth remains found in the Crato Formation, Brazil
Episode: Giant of the Skies (as Tapejara)
Info: This bizarre Brazilian pterosaur had a large, fan-like crest on its head that was most likely brightly colored to attract members of the opposite sex and ward off rival males. While its unknown what the feeding strategies of Tupandactylus and other tapejarid pterosaurs were, some believe that it ate fruit of the Early Cretaceous plants as their toothless beaks were more suited to it.

Note: Based on an illustration by Mark P. Witton. Flight version based on a 3-D model of it (3.bp.blogspot.com/-dU9cc2eB86M… )

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Description
Tupandactylus navigans
Named by David Martil and colleagues, 2003 (Originally Tapejara)
Diet: Probably herbivore/frugivore (Fruit-eater)
Type: Tapejaromorpha (Tapejarid) Pterodactyloid pterosaur
Size: 16.5 feet (5 meter) wingspan
Region: South America (Brazil)
Age: Early Cretaceous (120 to 112 million BC; Aptian to Early Aptian)
Enemies: Ground-dwelling theropod dinosaurs such as an unnamed spinosaurid that's known only from teeth remains found in the Crato Formation, Brazil
Episode: Giant of the Skies (as Tapejara)
Info: This bizarre Brazilian pterosaur had a large, fan-like crest on its head that was most likely brightly colored to attract members of the opposite sex and ward off rival males. While its unknown what the feeding strategies of Tupandactylus and other tapejarid pterosaurs were, some believe that it ate fruit of the Early Cretaceous plants as their toothless beaks were more suited to it.

Note: Based on an illustration by Mark P. Witton. Flight version based on a 3-D model of it (3.bp.blogspot.com/-dU9cc2eB86M… )

Happy Thanksgiving!

Next creature is, you guessed it, Tropeognathus

Requested by

Walking with Dinosaurs is owned by BBC