Batrachognathus
Genus of anurognathid pterosaur / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Batrachognathus is an extinct genus of anurognathid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian to Kimmeridgian) Karabastau Formation of the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan. The genus was named in 1948 by the Russian paleontologist Anatoly Nicolaevich Ryabinin. The type species is Batrachognathus volans. The genus name is derived from Greek batrakhos, "frog" and gnathos, "jaw", in reference to the short wide head. The specific epithet means "flying" in Latin.
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Batrachognathus | |
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Skeletal restoration of the holotype by Jaime Headden | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Family: | †Anurognathidae |
Genus: | †Batrachognathus Ryabinin, 1948 |
Species: | †B. volans |
Binomial name | |
†Batrachognathus volans Ryabinin, 1948 | |
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