Eudimorphodon

Taxobox
name = "Eudimorphodon"
fossil_range = Late Triassic

---

image_width = 250px
image_caption = life restoration of "Eudimorphodon"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Pterosauria
subordo = Rhamphorhynchoidea
familia = Campylognathoididae
genus = "Eudimorphodon"
genus_authority = Zambelli, 1973
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
* "E. ranzii" Zambelli, 1973 (type)
* "E. rosenfeldi" Dalla Vecchia, 1995
* "E. cromptonellus" Jenkins "et al.", 2001

"Eudimorphodon" was a pterosaur that lived around present Italy during the Late Triassic. It had a wingspan of about 100 centimetres and at the end of its long bony tail was perhaps a diamond-shaped flap. The flap may have helped it steer while in the air. It showed a strong differentiation of the teeth, hence its name "true dimorphic tooth". The species, then the oldest pterosaurian known, was found in 1973 by Mario Pandolfi and described that same year by Rocco Zambelli. Despite its age it has few primitive characteristics.

"Eudimorphodon" is known from several skeletons, including juvenile specimens.

References

*Dixon, Dougal. "The Complete Book of Dinosaurs." Hermes House, 2006.

*Fantastic Facts About Dinosaurs (ISBN 0-7525-3166-2)