Diopecephalus

Diopecephalus
Temporal range: Tithonian
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Fossil in Augsburg Naturmuseum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Pterosauria
Suborder: †Pterodactyloidea
Clade: †Euctenochasmatia
Genus: †Diopecephalus
Seeley, 1871
Species
  • †D. kochi (type) (Wagner, 1837 (originally Ornithocephalus)

Diopecephalus is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Lower Tithonian (Upper Jurassic) of the Lithographic Limestone, Bavaria, Germany. The type and only species is D. kochi, although the name has been applied to Pterodactylus longicollum, with longicollum erroneously listed as the type species.[1]

Juvenile type specimen
  1. ^ Bennett, S. Christopher (2006). "Juvenile specimens of the pterosaur Germanodactylus cristatus, with a review of the genus" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 26 (4): 872–878. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2006)26[872:jsotpg]2.0.co;2. S2CID 86460861.