Tapejara

General Statistics

full-sized Tapejara

• Name: Tapejara wellnhoferi
• Name Meaning: Ancient Being
• Diet: Piscivore
• Wingspan: 3-6 meters (10-20 feet)
• Time Period: Early Cretaceous (112-92 MYA)
• Classification: Pterosauria --> Pterodactyloidea --> Azhdarchoidea --> Tapejaridae
• Place Found: Brazil
• Describer: Kellner, 1989

Dinosaur King Statistics

Arcade Stats

Tapejara Dive arcade card

• Attribute: Normal
• Arcade Nickname:
  • Japanese: 異形の翼竜
  • English: The Odd Winged Dragon
• Assist Moves:
  • Tie Breaker: 3 Tapejaras let you attack when there is a tie!
  • Quick Strike: 3 Tapejaras confuse your opponent, making them think you are going to use your critical move!
  • Tapejara Dive: Tapejara swoops in and hits your opponent for extra damage!

Tie Breaker arcade card

Quick Strike arcade card

DS Stats

Tapejara size comparison vs. Max

• Elemental Attribute: None (Normal)
• Appears In:
  • Chaser Attack (Scissors), Pursuit (Paper), Take Down (Rock): A trio of Tapejara hit your foe for extra damage after every successful attack from your team!
  • Counterattack (Paper), Ambush (Rock), Counteroffensive (Scissors): A trio of Tapejara hit your foe for some damage after every attack against your team!
• Encyclopedia number: H01

TCG Stats

In Move Cards

• Attribute: Normal
• Appears In: Elemental Team-Up (DKBD)
• Image From: Tie Breaker 06 5th/S1 3rd arcade card

Elemental Team-Up TCG card

Trivia

• Dr. Taylor's arcade comments:
  • English: Has a very large crest on its head, but its function is unknown.
• DS Game Encyclopedia entry: A pterosaur with a crest on its head. It is unclear how it uses this crest.
• There are two body models for Tapejara in Dinosaur King. The Tapejara that appear in the earlier Move Cards Quick Strike and Tie Breaker have been reclassified as Tupandactylus navigans, while the Tapejara that appears in the later Move Card Tapejara Dive is the true Tapejara: Tapejara wellnhoferi.
• Like the other dinosaurs from the arcade's first round of Assist Normal Moves, Velociraptor and Cryolophosaurus, the Tie Breaker/Quick Strike Tapejara have an alternate purple coloration used by Player 2 or for Alpha Fortress story mode battles.
• In Tapejara Dive, the color of it's sign (Paper, blue) doesn't quite match its own color (black) (though the glow it's given does), but that pattern is present in the other two Dive Moves, Tupuxuara Dive and Anhanguera Dive. Its previous design from its other Moves, however, is a closer match (teal).
• It and Quetzalcoatlus were the only pterosaurs that did not appear in the anime.

Gallery

Tapejara from Kyoryu King Museum (side view)

Tapejara ready to use one of their Moves in the arcade

purple Tapejara from the Alpha Fortress story mode