Belonochasma

Belonochasma
Temporal range: Mesozoic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Genus: Belonochasma
Broili, 1939
Species

Belonochasma (meaning "needle mouth") is a genus of gnathostome from the Mesozoic of Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It was once thought to be a pterosaur, but this was rejected by Oskar Kuhn in 1961,[1] and upheld by Peter Wellnhofer in 1978.[2]

See also

References

  1. Kuhn, Oskar (1961). Die Familien der Rezenten und fossilen Amphibien und Reptilien (in German). Bamberg: Meisenbach. p. 79.
  2. Wellnhofer, Peter (1978). Pterosauria. Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie 19 (in German). p. 67. ISBN 3-437-30269-8.

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