Genus
Valid Extinct

Eudimorphodon

Zambelli 1973
Etymology Vrai Dimorphodon

Eudimorphodon is an extinct genus of pterosaur that was discovered in 1973 by Mario Pandolfi in the town of Cene, Italy and described the same year by Rocco Zambelli. The nearly complete skeleton was retrieved from shale deposited during the Late Triassic, making Eudimorphodon one of the oldest pterosaurs known. It had a wingspan of about 100 centimeters (3.3 ft). Eudimorphodon is known from several skeletons, including juvenile specimens.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
13
Group
Ptérosaures
Piscivore Volant Marine
Eudimorphodon
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Photograph of Museo civico di scienze naturali di Bergamo (MCSNB) 2888, the holotype specimen of Eudimorphodon ranzii ZAMBELLI 1973, a basal pterosaur from the Norian (middle Upper Triassic) of the Italian Alps.[1] ↑ see fig. 8A in Silvio Renesto (2006): A reappraisal of the diversity and biogeographic significance of the Norian (Late Triassic) reptiles from the Calcare di Zorzino. In: Jerry D. Harris, Spencer G. Lucas, Justin A. Spielmann, Martin G. Lockley, Andrew R.C. Milner, James I. Kirkland (eds.): The Triassic-Jurassic Terrestrial Transition. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 37:445–456 (online) © Tommy from Arad · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Pterosauria Order
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Campylognathoididae Family
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Eudimorphodon Genus
Fossil sites 13 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇮🇹 Italy
7
🇨🇭 Switzerland
2
🇱🇺 Luxembourg
2
🇫🇷 France
2
Geological formations
Dolomia di Forni
4
Klettgau
2
Zorzino Limestone
2
Argilliti di Riva di Solto
1
Grès à Avicula contorta
1
Temporal distribution
Rhaetian (205.7–201.4 Ma)
4
Norian (227.3–205.7 Ma)
9
Species (2)
Eudimorphodon ranzii 215 Ma
Eudimorphodon rosenfeldi 215 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
R. Zambelli. 1973. Eudimorphodon ranzii gen. nov., sp. nov., uno pterosauro Triassico. Rendiconti Scienze di Instituto Lombardo, B 107:27-32
Bibliography (11)
F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2004. An Eudimorphodon (Diapsida, Pterosauria) specimen from the Norian (Late Triassic) of north-eastern Italy. Gortania - Atti del Museo Friulano di Storia Naturale 25:47-72
F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2003. A review of the Triassic pterosaur record. Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali "E. Caffi" Bergamo 22:13-29
D. Delsate. 1999. Reptiles terrestres (Lepidosauromorpha et Traversodontidae) du Trias superieur de Medernach (G.-D. de Luxembourg) [Terrestrial reptiles (Lepidosauromorpha and Traversodontidae) from the Upper Triassic of Medernach (G. D. of Luxembourg)]. Travaux Scientifiques du Musee d'Histoire Naturelle de Luxembourg 32:55-86
P. Godefroit, G. Cuny, and D. Delsate, M. Roche. 1998. Late Triassic vertebrates from Syren (Luxembourg). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 210(3):305-343 DOI ↗
P. Godefroit and G. Cuny. 1997. Archosauriform teeth from the Upper Triassic of Saint-Nicolas-de-Port (northeastern France). Palaeovertebrata 26(1-4):1-34
P. Godefroit. 1997. Reptilian, therapsid and mammalian teeth from the Upper Triassic of Varangéville (northeastern France). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 67:83-102
F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 1995. A new pterosaur (Reptilia, Pterosauria) from the Norian (Late Triassic) of Friuli (northeastern Italy). Preliminary note. Gortania - Atti del Museo Friulano di Storia Naturale 16:59-66
R. Wild. 1994. A juvenile specimen of Eudimorphodon ranzii Zambelli (Reptilia, Pterosauria) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) of Bergamo. Rivista del Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali Bergamo 16:91-115
S. Renesto. 1993. An isolated sternum of Eudimorphodon (Reptilia, Pterosauria) from the Norian (Late Triassic) of the Bergamo Prealps (Lombardy, northern Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 99:415-422
W. A. Clemens. 1980. Rhaeto-Liassic mammals from Switzerland and West Germany. Zitteliana 5:51-92
R. Zambelli. 1973. Eudimorphodon ranzii gen. nov., sp. nov., uno pterosauro Triassico. Rendiconti Scienze di Instituto Lombardo, B 107:27-32