Dimorphodon banthensis Theodori 1831

Reptilia - Pterosauria - Dimorphodontidae

Alternative combinations: Ornithocephalus banthensis, Ramphorhynchus banthensis

Belongs to Dimorphodon according to R. Owen 1860

See also Andres et al. 2014, Delsate and Wild 2000, Lydekker 1888, Owen 1859, Owen 1861, Unwin 2003 and Zittel 1890

Sister taxa: Dimorphodon macronyx, Dimorphodon weintraubi

Type specimen: PSP 757, a mandible (single lower jaw). Its type locality is Banz, which is in a Toarcian marine chalk/marl in the Posidonia Shale Formation of Germany.

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dimorphodon banthensis in the database

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