Balaenognathus
Extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Balaenognathus (meaning "bowhead whale jaw") is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaurs from the Late Jurassic Torleite Formation of Bavaria, Germany. The genus contains a single species, B. maeuseri, known from a nearly-complete, articulated skeleton.[1]
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Balaenognathus | |
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Holotype specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Family: | †Ctenochasmatidae |
Genus: | †Balaenognathus Martill et al., 2023 |
Species: | †B. maeuseri |
Binomial name | |
†Balaenognathus maeuseri Martill et al., 2023 | |
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