Genus
Valid Extinct

Ctenochasma

Meyer 1851
Etymology Mâchoire en peigne

Ctenochasma is a genus of Late Jurassic ctenochasmatid pterosaur belonging to the suborder Pterodactyloidea. Three species are currently recognized: C. roemeri, C. taqueti, and C. elegans. Their fossilized remains have been found in the Solnhofen Limestone of Bavaria, Germany, the "Purbeck Group" of northeastern Germany, and the Calcaires tâchetés of eastern France.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
6
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Ctenochasma
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Fossil specimen BSP 1935.I.24 (Ctenochasma elegans), an extinct pterosaur © Pterodactylus_kochi_(top)_and_pterodactylus_elegans.JPG: Ghedoghedo derivative work: Haplochromis (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Lophocratia Unranked clade
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Ctenochasma Genus
Fossil sites 6 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
5
🇫🇷 France
1
Geological formations
Solnhofener Plattenkalk
3
Solnhofen
1
Calcaires tâchetés
1
Purbek Kalk
1
Temporal distribution
Berriasian (143.1–137.05 Ma)
1
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
5
Species (6)
Ctenochasma elegans 149 Ma
Ctenochasma gracile subjective synonym of Ctenochasma elegans 149 Ma
Ctenochasma porocristata 149 Ma
Ctenochasma roemeri 143 Ma
Ctenochasma taqueti 149 Ma
Pterodactylus pulchellus subjective synonym of Ctenochasma elegans 149 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
H. v. Meyer. 1851. Ctenochasma Roemeri. Palaeontographica 2:82-84
Bibliography (6)
S. C. Bennett. 2007. A review of the pterosaur Ctenochasma: taxonomy and ontogeny. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 245:23-31 DOI ↗
P. H. de Buisonje. 1981. Ctenochasma porocristata nov. sp. from the Solnhofen Limestone, with some remarks on other Ctenochasmatidae. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenchappen, B 84(4):411-436
P. Wellnhofer. 1970. Die Pterodactyloidea (Pterosauria) der Oberjura-Plattenkalke Süddeutschlands [The Pterydactyloidea (Pterosauria) of the Upper Jurassic plattenkalks of southern Germany]. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse Abhandlungen, Neue Folge 141:1-133
A. Silva-Bárcenas. 1969. Localidades de vertebrados fósiles en la Republica Méxicana [Vertebrate fossil localities in the Mexican Republic]. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geología, Paleontología Mexicana 28:1-34
R. Lydekker. 1888. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria. British Museum (Natural History), London DOI ↗
H. v. Meyer. 1851. Ctenochasma Roemeri. Palaeontographica 2:82-84