Thapunngaka
Name:
Thapunngaka
(spear jaw).
Phonetic: Fah-pun-gah-kah.
Named By: T. M. Richards, P. E. Stumkat
& S. W. Salisbury - 2021.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Pterosauria, Pterodactyloidea, Anhangueridae, Tropeognathinae.
Species: T. shawi (type).
Diet: Piscivore.
Size: Unknown due to lack of remains.
Known locations: Australia - Toolebuc Formation.
Time period: Early Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial lower jaw.
Thapunngaka
is a genus of pterosaur that lived in Australia during the early
Cretaceous. The holotype of Thapunngaka is the
anterior section of a
lower jaw, and this makes establishing the body form and size of
Thapunngaka very difficult and impossible to do with
certainty.
However, Thapunngaka does seem to have been a
mid to large
pterosaur that could have approached and maybe even exceeded a wingspan
of six meters or more.
Further reading
- A new species of crested pterosaur (Pterodactyloidea,
Anhangueridae) from the Lower Cretaceous (upper Albian) of
Richmond, North West Queensland, Australia. - Journal of
Vertebrate Paleontology. 41 (3). - T. M. Richards, P.
E. Stumkat & S. W. Salisbury - 2021.
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