Unranked clade
Valid Extinct

Monofenestrata

Lü et al. 2010

Monofenestrata is a clade of pterosaurs. It includes the pterosaurs in which the nasal and antorbital fenestra (openings/holes) in the skull are merged into a single fenestra. The clade includes the pterodactyloids and their close relatives.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
33
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Monofenestrata
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Figure 4 The reconstruction of the skull and lower jaw of the holotype of Darwinopterus camposi sp. nov. (IVPP V 17957). Scale bar: 50 mm. Abbreviations: d, dentary; f, frontal; j, jugal; ltf, lower temporal fenestra; m, maxilla; man.sys, mandibular symphysis; naof, nasoantorbital fenestra; o, orbit; p, parietal; pm, premaxilla; pmcr, premaxillary crest; po, postorbital; prn, nasal process; q, quadrate; sq, squamosal; utf, upper temporal fenestra. © Cheng, X.; Jiang, S.; Bantim, R. A. M.; Sayão, J. M.; Saraiva, A. Á. F.; Meng, X.; Kellner, A. W. A.; Wang, X. · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
PBDB Wikipedia
Classification
Pterosauria Order
Macronychoptera Unranked clade
Novialoidea Unranked clade
Lonchognatha Unranked clade
Monofenestrata Unranked clade
Fossil sites 33 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
14
🇩🇪 Germany
8
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
3
🇫🇷 France
2
🇹🇿 Tanzania
2
🇦🇷 Argentina
1
🇲🇳 Mongolia
1
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
1
🇵🇹 Portugal
1
Geological formations
Tiaojishan
12
Solnhofener Plattenkalk
5
Solnhofen
2
Cañadón Asfalto
1
Bakkar
1
Kilmaluag
1
Karabastau
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
1
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
1
Valanginian (137.05–132.6 Ma)
1
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
9
Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)
4
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
12
Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)
1
Bathonian (168.2–165.3 Ma)
1
Aalenian (174.7–170.9 Ma)
1
Toarcian (184.2–174.7 Ma)
1
Hettangian (201.4–199.5 Ma)
1
News 1
New Jurassic Pterosaur Unearthed in Germany
New Jurassic Pterosaur Unearthed in Germany
Germany Jurassic fossil Monofenestrata Pterosauria +2
Paleontologists have described a new genus and species of early monofenestratan pterosaur based on a nearly complete and well-preserved fossil skeleton discovered in Bavaria, Germany. The post New Jurassic Pterosaur Unearthed in Germany appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
19/05/2026 sci-news
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Bibliography
Original description
J. Lü, D. M. Unwin, and X. Jin, Y. Liu, Q. Ji. 2010. Evidence for modular evolution in a long-tailed pterosaur with a pterodactyloid skull. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277:383-389 DOI ↗
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