Genus
Valid Extinct

Belonochasma

Broili 1939

Belonochasma is a genus of reptile from the Mesozoic of Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. The type species, B. aenigmaticum, was described in 1939. It was once thought to be a pterosaur, but this was rejected by Oskar Kuhn in 1961, and upheld by Peter Wellnhofer in 1978.

Temporal range
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PBDB occurrences
0
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Pterodactyloidea Suborder
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Lophocratia Unranked clade
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Ctenochasmatoidea Superfamily
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Belonochasma Genus
Species (1)
Belonochasma aenigmaticum
Bibliography
Original description
A. J. Charig. 1967. Archosauria. The Fossil Record: A Symposium with Documentation. Geological Society of London Special Publication 2:703-718