Ctenochasma roemeri Meyer 1851 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: H. v. Meyer. 1851. Ctenochasma Roemeri. Palaeontographica 2:82-84

Belongs to Ctenochasma according to S. C. Bennett 2007

See also Unwin 2003

Sister taxa: Ctenochasma elegans, Ctenochasma porocristata, Ctenochasma taqueti

Type specimen: Its type locality is Deister Hills pterosaur, which is in a Berriasian marine sandstone in the Purbek Kalk Formation of Germany

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution: found only at Deister Hills pterosaur

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