Rhamphocephalus

Rhamphocephalus
Rhamphocephalus
Temporal range: Middle Jurassic Bathonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Rhamphorhynchoidea
Genus: Rhamphocephalus
Seeley, 1880
Species

Rhamphocephalus bucklandi
(von Meyer, 1832) Seeley, 1880
Rhamphocephalus depressirostris
(Huxley, 1859) Lydekker, 1888
Rhamphocephalus prestwichi
Seeley, 1880

Rhamphocephalus ("beak head") is an extinct genus of pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of England. Its wingspan was about 2 m (6 ft 8 in). Jaw and wing fragments of Bathonian age, Stonesfield Slate of Oxfordshire, England. Its features are considered to be transitional between the "rhamphorhynchoids" and pterodactyloids. Rhamphocephalus is something of a wastebasket taxon, with many indeterminate remains assigned to it, and almost no overlapping material.

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