Thapunngaka was a pterosaur, a type of flying reptile. It was not a dinosaur, though it lived during the same period. Thapunngaka lived during the Early Cretaceous and resided in Australia.
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Thapunngaka was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- T. M. Richards, P. E. Stumkat, and S. W. Salisbury. 2021. 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):e1946068
- T. M. Richards, P. E. Stumkat, and S. W. Salisbury. 2023. A second specimen of the pterosaur Thapunngaka shawi from the Lower Cretaceous (upper Albian) Toolebuc Formation of North West Queensland, Australia. Cretaceous Research 154(105740):1-18
