Campylognathoides

Campylognathoides
Temporal range: Early Jurassic, 182 Ma
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Cast of the Pittsburgh C. liasicus specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Pterosauria
Clade: †Novialoidea
Superfamily: †Campylognathoidea
Kuhn, 1967
Family: †Campylognathoididae
Kuhn, 1967
Subfamily: †Campylognathoidinae
Kuhn, 1967
Genus: †Campylognathoides
Strand, 1928
Type species
†Campylognathus zitteli
Plieninger, 1894
Species
  • †C. zitteli (Plieninger, 1894)
  • †?C. indicus Jain, 1978
  • †C. liasicus (Quenstedt, 1858)

Campylognathoides is an extinct genus of pterosaur discovered in the Württemberg Lias deposits (dated to the early Toarcian age[1]) of Germany; this first specimen however, consisted only of wing fragments. Further better preserved specimens were found in the Holzmaden shale; based on these specimens, Felix Plieninger erected a new genus.[2]

  1. ^ Barrett, P. M., Butler, R. J., Edwards, N. P., & Milner, A. R. (2008). "Pterosaur distribution in time and space: an atlas". Zitteliana, 61–107. [1]
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference cranfield-Campylognathoides was invoked but never defined (see the help page).