Rhamphinion

Rhamphinion
Temporal range: Early Jurassic, 196.5–183.0 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Clade: Dimorphodontia (?)
Genus: Rhamphinion
Padian, 1984
Species:
R. jenkinsi
Binomial name
Rhamphinion jenkinsi
Padian, 1984

Rhamphinion (meaning "beak nape"; Greek rhamphos, "beak" is a common part of "rhamphorhynchoid" names, and the remains of this animal came from the rear of the skull, i.e. "nape" or inion) is a genus of pterosaurs from the Sinemurian-mid Pliensbachian-age Lower Jurassic Kayenta Formation of northeastern Arizona, United States. The type species is R. jenkinsi.