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Rhamphocephalus
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic BathonianScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Pterosauria Suborder: Rhamphorhynchoidea Genus: Rhamphocephalus
Seeley, 1880Species Rhamphocephalus bucklandi
(von Meyer, 1832) Seeley, 1880
Rhamphocephalus depressirostris
(Huxley, 1859) Lydekker, 1888
Rhamphocephalus prestwichi
Seeley, 1880Rhamphocephalus ("beak head") is an extinct genus of pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of England. Its wingspan was about 2 m (6 ft 8 in). Jaw and wing fragments of Bathonian age, Stonesfield Slate of Oxfordshire, England. Its features are considered to be transitional between the "rhamphorhynchoids" and pterodactyloids. Rhamphocephalus is something of a wastebasket taxon, with many indeterminate remains assigned to it, and almost no overlapping material.
See also
- List of pterosaurs
- Stonesfield Slate
References
- Rhamphocephalus at The Pterosaur Database (multiple species)
- Rhamphocephalus in the Paleobiology Database.
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