Species
Valid Extinct

Rhamphorhynchus muensteri

(Goldfuss 1831)

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
21
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Macronychoptera Unranked clade
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Novialoidea Unranked clade
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Breviquartossa Unranked clade
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Rhamphorhynchidae Family
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Rhamphorhynchinae Subfamily
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Rhamphorhynchus Genus
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Rhamphorhynchus muensteri Species
Fossil sites 21 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
21
Geological formations
Solnhofen
7
Solnhofener Plattenkalk
6
Liegende Bankkalk
2
Altmühltal
2
Painten
1
Nusplingen Limestone
1
Solnhofen Platenkalk
1
Temporal distribution
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
16
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
5
Synonyms (6)
Odontorhynchus aculeatus subjective synonym of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri
Rhamphorhynchus gemmingi subjective synonym of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri
Rhamphorhynchus intermedius subjective synonym of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri
Rhamphorhynchus longicaudus subjective synonym of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri
Rhamphorhynchus longiceps subjective synonym of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri
Rhamphorhynchus phyllurus subjective synonym of Rhamphorhynchus muensteri
Bibliography
Original description
H. v. Meyer. 1845. System der fossilen Saurier [Taxonomy of fossil saurians]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1845:278-285
Bibliography (4)
G. Dietl and G. Schweigert. 2011. Im Reich der Meerengel. Der Nusplinger Plattenkalk und seine Fossilien.
A. Ősi and E. Prondvai. 2009. Forgotten pterosaurus in Hungarian collections: first description of Rhamphorhynchus and Pterodactylus specimens. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 252(2):167-180 DOI ↗
R. A. Kemp. 1999. Solnhofen tetrapod taphonomy. University of Bristol
P. Wellnhofer. 1975. Die Rhamphorhynchoidea (Pterosauria) der Oberjura-Plattenkalke Süddeutschlands, Teil II, Systematische Beschreibung. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 148:132-186