Genus
Valid Extinct

Balaenognathus

Martill et al. 2023

Balaenognathus is an extinct genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaurs from the Late Jurassic Torleite Formation of Bavaria, Germany. The genus contains a single species, B. maeuseri, known from a nearly-complete, articulated skeleton.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Balaenognathus
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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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Euctenochasmatia Unranked clade
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Ctenochasmatidae Family
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Balaenognathus Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇩🇪 Germany
1
Temporal distribution
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Balaenognathus maeuseri 152 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
D. M. Martill, E. Frey, and H. Tischlinger, M. Mäuser, H. E. Rivera-Sylva, S. U. Vidovic. 2023. A new pterodactyloid pterosaur with a unique filter-feeding apparatus from the Late Jurassic of Germany. PalZ 97(2):383-424 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
D. M. Martill, E. Frey, and H. Tischlinger, M. Mäuser, H. E. Rivera-Sylva, S. U. Vidovic. 2023. A new pterodactyloid pterosaur with a unique filter-feeding apparatus from the Late Jurassic of Germany. PalZ 97(2):383-424 DOI ↗