Species
Valid Extinct

Germanodactylus cristatus

(Wiman 1925)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Lophocratia Unranked clade
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Germanodactylus Genus
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Germanodactylus cristatus Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
2
Geological formations
Solnhofener Plattenkalk
1
Altmühltal
1
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
D. M. Unwin. 2003. On the phylogeny and evolutionary history of pterosaurs. Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs, Geological Society of London, Special Publications 217:139-190 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
S. C. Bennett. 2006. Juvenile specimens of the pterosaur Germanodactylus cristatus, with a review of the genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(4):872-878 DOI ↗
P. Wellnhofer. 1970. Die Pterodactyloidea (Pterosauria) der Oberjura-Plattenkalke Süddeutschlands [The Pterydactyloidea (Pterosauria) of the Upper Jurassic plattenkalks of southern Germany]. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse Abhandlungen, Neue Folge 141:1-133