Germanodactylus Young 1964 (pterosaur)

Reptilia - Pterosauria

Full reference: C.-C. Young. 1964. On a new pterosaurian from Sinkiang, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 8(3):221-255

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

See also Bakhurina 1993, Carroll 1988, Charig 1967, Maisch et al. 2004, Unwin 2003, Unwin and Heinrich 1999 and Young 1964

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

Subtaxa: Germanodactylus cristatus Germanodactylus rhamphastinus

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Type: Pterodactylus cristatus

Ecology: volant piscivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Germany (4 collections), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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