Ornithostoma Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Holotype rostrum fragment | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Order: | †Pterosauria |
Suborder: | †Pterodactyloidea |
Clade: | †Azhdarchoidea |
Genus: | †Ornithostoma Seeley, 1871 |
Species: | †O. sedgwicki
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Binomial name | |
†Ornithostoma sedgwicki Seeley, 1891
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Ornithostoma (meaning "bird mouth") is a genus of pterodactyloid pterosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period (Albian stage) of Europe, around 110 million years ago. Ornithostoma was once thought to have been a senior synonym of the pteranodontid Pteranodon due to its toothless anatomy and prior naming.[1]