Flying Reptiles

Nomina Dubia of the Rhamphorhynchoidae
 



Genusame: Comodactylus
Speciesname: ostromi
Describer: Galton, 1981
Distribution: Wyoming, US
Timeperiod: Late Jurassic
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Info: This genus is listed in an as-yet-unnamed new family with Nesodactylus by Unwin (in Benton, 1993).

A short complete metacarpal, identified as non-pterodactyloid.





Genusame: Herbstosaurus
Speciesname: pigmaeus
Describer: Casamiquela, 1974
Distribution: N-Patagonie, Argentina
Timeperiod: Middle Jurassic
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Info: Genus: Herbstosaurus Casamiquela, 1974





Genusame: Preondactylus
Speciesname: buffarinii 
Describer: Wild, 1983
Distribution: Zorzino limestone, Udine, northern Italy
Timeperiod: Norian, Late Triassic
Size:  Wingspan estimated = 1,5 m.
Diet:
Info: This genus is listed in its own as-yet-unnamed new family by Unwin (in Benton, 1993).

Preondactylus is one of the most primitive pterosaurs now known and also the oldest. The dentary (tooth-bearing lower jaw bone) is shorter than in all other pterosaurs.