Unranked clade
Valid Extinct

Darwinoptera

Andres et al. 2014

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
1
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Darwinoptera
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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
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Macronychoptera Unranked clade
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Novialoidea Unranked clade
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Lonchognatha Unranked clade
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Monofenestrata Unranked clade
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Darwinoptera Unranked clade
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
1
Geological formations
Kilmaluag
1
Temporal distribution
Bathonian (168.2–165.3 Ma)
1
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
B. Andres, J. Clark, and X. Xu. 2014. The earliest pterodactyloid and the origin of the group. Current Biology 24:1011-1016 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
E. Martin-Silverstone, D. M. Unwin, and A. R. Cuff, E. E. Brown, L. Allington-Jones, P. M. Barrett. 2023. A new pterosaur from the Middle Jurassic of Skye, Scotland and the early diversification of flying reptiles. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 43(4):e2298741:1-17 DOI ↗