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Lusognathus
Genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaurs / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lusognathus (meaning "Lusitanian jaw") is an extinct genus of gnathosaurine pterosaurs from the Late Jurassic Lourinhã Formation of Portugal. The genus contains a single species, Lusognathus almadrava, known from a parts of the upper jaw, teeth, and cervical vertebrae.[1]
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (September 2023) |
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Lusognathus | |
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Holotype upper jaw | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Infraorder: | †Archaeopterodactyloidea |
Clade: | †Euctenochasmatia |
Clade: | †Ctenochasmatoidea |
Family: | †Ctenochasmatidae |
Subfamily: | †Gnathosaurinae |
Genus: | †Lusognathus Fernandes et al., 2023 |
Species: | †L. almadrava |
Binomial name | |
†Lusognathus almadrava Fernandes et al., 2023 | |
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