Subfamily

Valid Extinct

Rhamphorhynchinae

Nopcsa 1928

Rhamphorhynchidae is a group of early pterosaurs named after Rhamphorhynchus, that lived in the Late Jurassic. The family Rhamphorhynchidae was named in 1870 by Harry Govier Seeley. Members of the group possess no more than 11 pairs of teeth in the rostrum, a deltopectoral crest that is constricted at the base but expanded at the distal end, and a bent phalange on the fifth toe.

Temporal range

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

Paleogene

Neogene

252 201 145 66 0 Ma

PBDB occurrences

Group

Ptérosaures

Piscivore Volant Marine

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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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Breviquartossa Unranked clade

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Rhamphorhynchidae Family

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Rhamphorhynchinae Subfamily

Fossil sites 89 geolocated sites

Distribution

Top countries

🇩🇪 Germany

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

🇨🇳 China

🇨🇺 Cuba

🇵🇹 Portugal

🇫🇷 France

🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan

🇨🇭 Switzerland

🇹🇿 Tanzania

Geological formations

Posidonia Shale

Solnhofen

Solnhofener Plattenkalk

Taynton Limestone

Cotswold Slate

Tiaojishan

Jagua

Painten

Liegende Bankkalk

Altmühltal

Temporal distribution

Berriasian (143.1–137.05 Ma)

Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)

Kimmeridgian (154.8–149.2 Ma)

Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)

Callovian (165.3–161.5 Ma)

Bathonian (168.2–165.3 Ma)

Toarcian (184.2–174.7 Ma)

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Bibliography

Original description

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