Subfamily
Valid Extinct

Moganopterinae

Lü et al. 2012

Ctenochasmatidae is a group of pterosaurs within the suborder Pterodactyloidea. They are characterized by their distinctive teeth, which are thought to have been used for filter-feeding. Ctenochasmatids lived from the Late Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous periods.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Moganopterinae
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Ctenochasma elegans (syn. Pterodactylus elegans) fossil from Solnhofen, Germany American Museum of Natural History, New York, FR-5147 Received in exchange from the Paläontologisches Museum München, 1909 © Crawdad Blues · CC0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Archaeopterodactyloidea Superfamily
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Boreopteridae Unranked clade
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Moganopterinae Subfamily
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Yixian
1
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
J. -C. Lü, H. -Y. Pu, and L. Xu, Y. -H. Wu, X. -F. Wei. 2012. Largest toothed pterosaur skull from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China, with comments on the family Boreopteridae. Acta Geological Sinica 86(2):287-293 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
J. -C. Lü, H. -Y. Pu, and L. Xu, Y. -H. Wu, X. -F. Wei. 2012. Largest toothed pterosaur skull from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China, with comments on the family Boreopteridae. Acta Geological Sinica 86(2):287-293 DOI ↗