Ctenochasma
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Ctenochasma is a genus of Late Jurassic ctenochasmatid pterosaur belonging to the suborder Pterodactyloidea. Three species are currently recognized: C. roemeri, C. taqueti, and C. elegans. Their fossi
Ctenochasma elegans
Fossil specimen of a young juvenile C. elegans
Fossil skull of a subadult C. elegans
Juvenile specimen (TM 13104) in Teylers Museum
Pterodactylus
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Pterodactylus is a genus of extinct pterosaurs. It is thought to contain only a single species, Pterodactylus antiquus, which was the first pterosaur to be named and identified as a flying reptile and
Ctenochasma
…Ctenochasmatinae Genus: †Ctenochasma Meyer, 1851 Type species †Ctenochasma roemeri Meyer, 1851 Other species †C. elegans (Wagner, 1861) [originally Pterodactylus] †C. taqueti Bennett, 2007 Synonyms Genus synonymy Ptenodracon Lydekker, 1888 Synonyms of C. elegans Pterodactylus elegans Wagner, 1861 Ctenochasma…
Original copper engraving of the P. antiquus holotype by Egid Verhelst II and published by Italian scientist Cosimo Alessandro Collini, 1784
Wagler's 1830 restoration of an aquatic Pterodactylus
Holotype specimen of the species P. spectabilis, now considered a juvenile specimen of P. antiquus
Fossil pelvis of a large specimen, now referred to the dubious species P. grandipelvis