Tupandactylus

too-pan-DAK-til-us

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Tupandactylus is pronounced too-pan-DAK-til-us.

/ˌtuː.pənˈdæk.tɪl.əs/

Capitals mark the stressed syllable.

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What the name means

Tupandactylus (meaning "Tupâ or Tupan finger", in reference to a personification of the Tupi supreme deity) is a genus of tapejarid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil.

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