Genus
Valid Extant

Raeticodactylus

Stecher 2008

Raeticodactylus is a genus of non-pterodactyloid pterosaur from the late Norian-early Rhaetian-age Upper Triassic lower Kössen Formation of the central Austroalpine of Grisons, Switzerland. It is known from holotype BNM 14524, a single disarticulated partial skeleton including an almost complete skull, found in August 2005. This genus was named and described in 2008 by its discoverer Rico Stecher; the type species is Raeticodactylus filisurensis. The specific name refers to Filisur.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Raeticodactylus
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Raeticodactylus filisurensis fossil in Bündner Naturmuseum, Chur. © Tiia Monto · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Pterosauria Order
Campylognathoididae Family
Raeticodactylus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇭 Switzerland
1
Geological formations
Kössen
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Temporal distribution
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Raeticodactylus filisurensis 211 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
R. Stecher. 2008. A new Triassic pterosaur from Switzerland (Central Austroalpine, Grisons), Raeticodactylus filisurensis gen. et sp. nov. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 101(1):185-201 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
R. Stecher. 2008. A new Triassic pterosaur from Switzerland (Central Austroalpine, Grisons), Raeticodactylus filisurensis gen. et sp. nov. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 101(1):185-201 DOI ↗