Caviramus
Genus of caviramid pterosaur from the Late Triassic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Caviramus is a genus of caviramid pterosaur from the Late Triassic (early Rhaetian-age) lower Kössen Formation of the Northern Calcareous Alps of Switzerland.
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Caviramus | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Clade: | †Caviramidae |
Genus: | †Caviramus Fröbisch & Fröbisch, 2006 |
Species: | †C. schesaplanensis |
Binomial name | |
†Caviramus schesaplanensis Fröbisch & Fröbisch, 2006 | |
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The genus was in 2006 named by Nadia Fröbisch and Jörg Fröbisch. The type species is Caviramus schesaplanensis. The genus name is derived from Latin cavus, "hollow" and ramus, "branch". The specific name refers to Mount Schesaplana.