Ceoptera
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This article is about the pterosaur genus. For the genus of flies, see Ceroptera.
Ceoptera (meaning "mist wing") is an extinct genus of darwinopteran pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic Kilmaluag Formation of Scotland. The genus contains a single species, C. evansae, known from a partial skeleton.It is the only pterosaur from Kilmaluag Formation. Ceoptera represents the second pterosaur named from Scotland, after Dearc in 2022.[1][2]
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Ceoptera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Clade: | †Pterodactylomorpha |
Clade: | †Monofenestrata |
Clade: | †Darwinoptera |
Genus: | †Ceoptera |
Species: | †C. evansae |
Binomial name | |
†Ceoptera evansae Martin-Silverstone et al., 2024 | |
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