Rhamphinion
Genus of dimorphodontid pterosaur from the Early Jurassic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rhamphinion (meaning "beak nape"; Greek rhamphos, "beak" is a common part of "rhamphorhynchoid" names, and the remains of this animal came from the rear of the skull, i.e. "nape" or inion) is a genus of pterosaurs from the Sinemurian-mid Pliensbachian-age Lower Jurassic Kayenta Formation of northeastern Arizona, United States. The type species is R. jenkinsi.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Clade: | †Dimorphodontia (?) |
Genus: | †Rhamphinion Padian, 1984 |
Species: | †R. jenkinsi |
Binomial name | |
†Rhamphinion jenkinsi Padian, 1984 | |
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