Cycnorhamphidae

Genusame: Cycnorhamphus
Speciesname: suevicus
Describer: (Quenstedt, 1855) Seeley, 1870
Distribution: Bavaria, Württemberg, Solnhofen limestones, Southern Germany and France
Timeperiod: Late Jurassic
Size: Skull length = 15 cm Wingspan = 1.35 m.
Diet:
Info: Genus: Cycnorhamphus Seeley, 1870 = Cycnorhamphys Fabre, 1981 [sic] = Cygnorhamphus Seeley, 1870 [sic] = Cynorhamphus Romer, 1966 [sic]
= Gallodactylus Fabre, 1974

C. suevicus = Pterodactylus suevicus Quenstedt, 1855 non Oken, 1825 = Gallodactylus suevicus (Quenstedt, 1855) Fabre, 1974 = Pterodactylus wuerttembergicus Quenstedt, 1854 [nomen dubium] = Pterodactylus württembergicus Quenstedt, 1854 [nomen dubium] = Pterodactylus eurychirus Wagner, 1857 = Pterodactylus (Ornithocephalus) eurychirus (Wagner, 1857) Wagner, 1857 = Ornithocephalus eurychirus (Wagner, 1857) Olshevsky, 1978 = Pterodactylus suevicus eurychirus Wagner, 1858 = Pterodactylus eurycheirus Newton, 1888 [sic] = Pterodactylus wurtembergicus Fabre, 1981 [sic]

(Cycnorhamphus suevicus  = swan beak) Possible the most primitive pterodactyloid because it retains cervical ribs and an unfused basipteryogid. Unusual footprints found in Purbeck, England, may be attributed to this plantigrade pterosaur. Some specimens referred to Pterodactylus micronyx are juveniles

_{Cycnorhamphus suevicus}

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