Gallodactylidae

Gallodactylidae
Temporal range:
Late Jurassic, 152–148.5 Ma
Juvenile specimen of Cycnorhamphus suevicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Pterosauria
Suborder: Pterodactyloidea
Clade: Ctenochasmatoidea
Family: Gallodactylidae
Fabre, 1974
Type species
Gallodactylus canjuersensis
Fabre, 1974
Subgroups

Gallodactylidae is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. Gallodactylids differed from other related pterosaurs in several distinct features, including fewer than 50 teeth present only in the jaw tips, and rounded crests present on the rear portion of the skull and jaws but not near the ends of their snouts. At least some species possessed jaw flanges, possibly used to bissect hard-shelled prey.[2][3]

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