Genus
Valid Extinct

Rhamphinion

Padian 1984

Rhamphinion is a genus of pterosaurs from the Sinemurian-mid Pliensbachian-age Lower Jurassic Kayenta Formation of northeastern Arizona, United States. The type species is R. jenkinsi.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Rhamphinion
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Rhamphinion with Dilophosaurus in the background. While the pterosaur was identified as Dimorphodon by the artist, that genus is not known to have coexisted with Dilophosaurus, so the identity is here changed to its closest contemporary relative, which is possibly which was meant to begin with. © ABelov2014 · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Rhamphorhynchoidea Suborder
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Rhamphinion Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇺🇸 United States
1
Geological formations
Kayenta
1
Temporal distribution
Pliensbachian (192.9–184.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Rhamphinion jenkinsi 200 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
K. Padian. 1984. Pterosaur remains from the Kayenta Formation (?Early Jurassic) of Arizona . Palaeontology 27(2):407-413
Bibliography (1)
K. Padian. 1984. Pterosaur remains from the Kayenta Formation (?Early Jurassic) of Arizona . Palaeontology 27(2):407-413