Caviramus

Taxobox
name = "Caviramus"
fossil_range = Late Triassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Pterosauria
subordo = Rhamphorhynchoidea
familia = Campylognathoididae?
genus = "Caviramus"
genus_authority = Frobisch & Frobisch, 2006
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="C. schesaplenensis" Frobisch & Frobisch, 2006 (type

"Caviramus" is a genus of rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur from the Late Triassic-age Kössen Formation of the Northern Calcareous Alps of Switzerland. It is based on PIMUZ A/III 1225, a lower jaw with multicuspate teeth. Two teeth are preserved, one with three cusps, and one with four. Foramina (small holes) in the anterior part of the lower jaw suggest some sort of soft-tissue structure, or a keratin covering. The jaw is light and hollow. The teeth of this genus resemble those of "Eudimorphodon", but the jaw is different. The discovery of this genus is a find of some significance, as there are few pterosaurs known from the Triassic.cite journal |last=Frobisch |first=N.B. |coauthors=and Frobisch, J. |year=2006 |title=A new basal pterosaur genus from the upper Triassic of the Northern Calcareous Alps of Switzerland |journal=Palaeontology |volume=49 |issue=5 |pages=1081–1090 |doi=10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00581.x |url=http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2006.00581.x |accessdate=2007-03-02 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.pterosaur.co.uk/species/UTP/Eudi/Caviramus.htm "Caviramus"] at The Pterosaur Database