Raeticodactylus
Genus of raeticodactylid pterosaur from the Late Triassic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Raeticodactylus is a genus of non-pterodactyloid pterosaur from the late Norian-early Rhaetian-age[1] Upper Triassic lower Kössen Formation (about 213-209 million years ago)[2] of the central Austroalpine of Grisons, Switzerland. It is known from holotype BNM 14524, a single disarticulated partial skeleton including an almost complete skull, found in August 2005. This genus was named and described in 2008 by its discoverer Rico Stecher; the type species is Raeticodactylus filisurensis. The specific name refers to Filisur.[1]
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Raeticodactylus | |
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Fossil in Bündner Naturmuseum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Family: | †Raeticodactylidae |
Genus: | †Raeticodactylus Stecher, 2008 |
Species: | †R. filisurensis |
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†Raeticodactylus filisurensis Stecher, 2008 | |
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