Genus
Valid Extinct

Odontorhynchus

Stolley 1936

Rhamphorhynchus is a genus of long-tailed pterosaurs in the Jurassic period. Less specialized than contemporary, short-tailed pterodactyloid pterosaurs such as Pterodactylus, it had a long tail, stiffened with ligaments, which ended in a characteristic soft-tissue tail vane. The mouth of Rhamphorhynchus housed needle-like teeth, which were angled forward, with a curved, sharp, beak-like tip lacking teeth, indicating a diet mainly of fish; indeed, fish and cephalopod remains are frequently found in Rhamphorhynchus abdominal contents, as well as in their coprolites.

Temporal range
PBDB occurrences
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Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Odontorhynchus
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
Macronychoptera Unranked clade
Novialoidea Unranked clade
Breviquartossa Unranked clade
Rhamphorhynchidae Family
Odontorhynchus Genus
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Bibliography
Original description
S. C. Bennett. 1995. A statistical study of Rhamphorhynchus from the Solnhofen Limestone of Germany: year-classes of a single large species. Journal of Paleontology 69(3):569-580 DOI ↗