Ornithostoma

Ornithostoma
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 110 Ma
Holotype rostrum fragment
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Clade: Azhdarchoidea
Genus: Ornithostoma
Seeley, 1871
Species:
O. sedgwicki
Binomial name
Ornithostoma sedgwicki
Seeley, 1891
Synonyms

Ornithostoma (meaning "bird mouth") is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period (Albian stage) of Europe, around 110 million years ago. Ornithostoma was once thought to have been a senior synonym of the pteranodontid Pteranodon due to its toothless anatomy and prior naming.[1]

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