Family
Valid Extinct

Dimorphodontidae

(Seeley 1870)

Dimorphodontidae is a group of early "rhamphorhynchoid" pterosaurs named after Dimorphodon, that lived in the Late Triassic to Early Jurassic. While fossils that can be definitively referred to the group are rare, dimorphodontids may have had a broad distribution, with fossils known from the UK, the southwest United States, and possibly Antarctica.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
7
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Dimorphodontidae
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Macronychoptera Unranked clade
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Dimorphodontidae Family
Fossil sites 7 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇮🇹 Italy
2
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
2
🇺🇸 United States
1
🇦🇶 Antarctica
1
🇲🇽 Mexico
1
Geological formations
Zorzino Limestone
2
Nugget Sandstone
1
Blue Lias
1
Hanson
1
La Boca
1
Temporal distribution
Pliensbachian (192.9–184.2 Ma)
2
Sinemurian (199.5–192.9 Ma)
1
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
1
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
3
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution.
Bibliography (7)
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F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2003. New morphological observations on Triassic pterosaurs. E. Buffetaut and J.-M. Mazin, eds., Evolution and Palaeobiology of Pterosaurs. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 217:23-44
J. M. Clark, J. A. Hopson, and R. Hernández R., D. E. Fastovsky, M. Montellano. 1998. Foot posture in a primitive pterosaur. Nature 391:886-889 DOI ↗
W. R. Hammer and W. J. Hickerson. 1994. A crested theropod dinosaur from Antarctica. Science 264:828-830 DOI ↗
K. Padian. 1983. Osteology and functional morphology of Dimorphodon macronyx (Buckland) (Pterosauria: Rhamphorhynchoidea) based on new material in the Yale Peabody Museum. Postilla 189:1-44
R. Wild. 1978. Die Flugsaurier (Reptilia, Pterosauria) aus der Oberen Trias von Cene bei Bergamo, Italien. Bolletino della Societa Paleontologia Italiana 17:176-257
W. Buckland. 1829. On the discovery of a new species of Pterodactyle in the Lias at Lyme Regis. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, series 2 3:217-222 DOI ↗