Normannognathus Buffetaut et al. 1998 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: E. Buffetaut, J.-J. Lepage, and G. Lepage. 1998. A new pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Kimmeridgian of the Cap de la Hève (Normandy, France). Geological Magazine 135:719-722

Parent taxon: Lophocratia according to B. Andres et al. 2014

See also Buffetaut et al. 1998, Knoll and Bouveur 2001, Maisch et al. 2004, Unwin 2003 and Unwin and Heinrich 1999

Sister taxa: Beipiaopterus, Ctenochasma, Ctenochasmatoidea, Cycnorhamphus, Elanodactylus, Eosipterus, Feilongus, Gallodactylus, Gegepterus, Germanodactylus, Gnathosaurus, Huanhepterus, Kepodactylus, Plataleorhynchus, Pterodaustro

Subtaxa: Normannognathus wellnhoferi

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Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Ecqueville, Octeville-sur-Mer (Jurassic of France)

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