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Lusognathus Temporal range: Late Jurassic
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Holotype upper jaw | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Infraorder: | †Archaeopterodactyloidea |
Clade: | †Euctenochasmatia |
Clade: | †Ctenochasmatoidea |
Family: | †Ctenochasmatidae |
Subfamily: | †Gnathosaurinae |
Genus: | †Lusognathus Fernandes et al., 2023 |
Species: | †L. almadrava
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Binomial name | |
†Lusognathus almadrava Fernandes et al., 2023
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Lusognathus (meaning "Lusitanian jaw") is an extinct genus of gnathosaurine pterosaurs from the Late Jurassic Lourinhã Formation of Portugal. The genus contains a single species, Lusognathus almadrava, known from a parts of the upper jaw, teeth, and cervical vertebrae.[1]