Ctenochasma porocristata de Buisonje 1981 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: P. H. de Buisonje. 1981. Ctenochasma porocristata nov. sp. from the Solnhofen Limestone, with some remarks on other Ctenochasmatidae. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenchappen, B 84(4):411-436

Belongs to Ctenochasma according to B. Andres et al. 2014

See also Bennett 2007, de Buisonje 1981, Jouve 2004 and Unwin 2003

Sister taxa: Ctenochasma elegans, Ctenochasma roemeri, Ctenochasma taqueti

Type specimen: SoS-2179, a partial skull. Its type locality is Wintershof Quarry, Eichstätt, Solnhofen, which is in a Tithonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Solnhofen Formation of Germany.

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Wintershof Quarry, Eichstätt, Solnhofen

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