Cycnorhamphus

Cycnorhamphus
Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
152 Ma
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Juvenile specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Pterosauria
Suborder: †Pterodactyloidea
Clade: †Ctenochasmatoidea
Family: †Gallodactylidae
Genus: †Cycnorhamphus
Seeley, 1870
Species:
†C. suevicus
Binomial name
†Cycnorhamphus suevicus
(Quenstedt, 1855)
Synonyms
Genus synonymy
  • Gallodactylus
    Fabre, 1974
Species synonymy
  • Pterodactylus wuerttembergicus
    Quenstedt, 1854 (nomen oblitum)
  • Pterodactylus suevicus
    Quenstedt, 1855
  • Pterodactylus eurychirus
    Wagner, 1857
  • Pterodactylus (Ornithocephalus) eurychirus
    (Wagner, 1857)
  • Pterodactylus suevicus eurychirus
    (Wagner, 1857)
  • Gallodactylus canjuersensis
    Fabre, 1974

Cycnorhamphus (meaning "swan beak") is a genus of gallodactylid ctenochasmatoid pterosaur from the Late Jurassic period of France and Germany, about 152 million years ago.[1] It is synonymous with the genus Gallodactylus.

  1. ^ Unwin, David M. (2006). The Pterosaurs: From Deep Time. New York: Pi Press. p. 272. ISBN 0-13-146308-X.