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Altmuehlopterus
Genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Altmuehlopterus (meaning "Altmühl River wing") is a genus of pterosaur belonging to the Pterodactyloidea. It lived in the Late Jurassic of what is now Germany. It was formerly known as "Daitingopterus" (meaning "Daiting Wing"), a nomen nudum, informally coined in 2004.[1]
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Altmuehlopterus | |
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Holotype fossil BSP AS.I.745 in Jura Museum Eichstätt | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Infraorder: | †Eupterodactyloidea |
Genus: | †Altmuehlopterus Vidovic & Martill, 2017 |
Species: | †A. rhamphastinus |
Binomial name | |
†Altmuehlopterus rhamphastinus (Wagner, 1851) | |
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