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Scaphognathus
Genus of rhamphorhynchid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scaphognathus was a pterosaur that lived around Germany during the Late Jurassic. It had a wingspan of 0.9 m (3 ft).
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Cast of the holotype specimen | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Family: | †Rhamphorhynchidae |
Subfamily: | †Scaphognathinae |
Genus: | †Scaphognathus Wagner, 1861 |
Type species | |
†Pterodactylus crassirostris Goldfuss, 1831 | |
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